15 people spend 40 days in cave, lose the sense of time
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‘Deep Time’ project aimed at studying how people adapt to changes in living conditions, environments
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Study time: Members of the team taking part in the “Deep Time” study in the Lombrives Cave , France.
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‘Deep Time’ project aimed at studying how people adapt to changes in living conditions, environments
Ever wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a dark cave for 40 days?
Fifteen people in France did just that, emerging on Saturday from a scientific experiment to say that time seemed to pass more slowly in their cavernous underground abode in southwestern France, where they were deprived of clocks and light.
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French volunteers have emerged from a cave after spending 40 days with no clocks or phones.
They took part in the Deep Time project, which explored
the limits of human isolation.
Two-thirds of the group say they wanted to stay in the cave for longer.
Fifteen volunteers have emerged from a cave in the southwest of France after spending 40 days without clocks, phones, or sunlight for a human isolation experiment.
The group of eight men and seven women lived in the Lombrives cave as part of a $1.4 million project called Deep Time, which set out to explore the limits of human adaptability to isolation. The project, led by the Human Adaption Institute, ended on Saturday after 40 days.