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Earliest known bug-repellant plant bedding found

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  • 21-12-2011 7:06pm
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    Adam Khor
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    Seems that these people in South Africa were bedding their shelters with plants known for their insecticide or repellant properties 50.000 years ago.

    http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Earliest_Known_Bug_Repellant_Plant_Bedding_Found_at_South_African_Rock_Shelter_999.html

    Interesting but not surprising at all- many animals today, including some not usually considered as very smart- know about medicinal and insect-repelling plants. Apes and monkeys are famous for treating their own illnesses with medicinal plants, but there's also harpy eagles and starlings, among other birds, lining their nests with insect-repellant and insecticide plants to protect their chicks from parasites, pretty much like the people mentioned in the article.
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