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Letter: Home is a hearth plus a door, or more (2)

Published 27 February 2019

From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK

Spinney says that a Neanderthal home preferably backed onto solid rock and had at least one entrance. Preferably? I'm not sure I'd want a home that has fewer than one entrance.

Issue no. 3219 published 2 March 2019

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