Cave Experiment Explores How Humans Adapt in Extreme Confinement Published April 29th, 2021 - 02:06 GMT
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With no way to reference time inside a cave, organising tasks together had been a particular challenge, Clot told AP.
As the world experiences forced isolation due to the pandemic, a cave experiment explores how humans adapt in extreme confinement.
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