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Post by vincent on Jun 6, 2023 21:48:31 GMT 10
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Post by dennisw on Jun 7, 2023 9:18:12 GMT 10
They probably chose narrow caves to keep large predators/scavengers from stealing the bodies.
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Post by vincent on Jun 7, 2023 10:30:37 GMT 10
They probably chose narrow caves to keep large predators/scavengers from stealing the bodies. Yes, that seems reasonable. The claustrophobic naledi stayed outside and were eaten by those predators.  |
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Post by johannes on Jun 10, 2023 3:53:31 GMT 10
There were contemporary archaic H. sapiens populations, maybe they hunted and killed the agogwes, put them in a cave, and than the witch doctor or shaman engraved some magical signs to prevent the vanquished from coming back in an undead state and taking avenge  ? |
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Post by vincent on Jun 11, 2023 0:22:11 GMT 10
There were contemporary archaic H. sapiens populations, maybe they hunted and killed the agogwes, put them in a cave, and than the witch doctor or shaman engraved some magical signs to prevent the vanquished from coming back in an undead state and taking avenge ? I can't tell if you're serious not. Have you been watching too many zombie movies?  |
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Post by Ian Thomas on Jun 11, 2023 13:57:39 GMT 10
We got plenty of 'new material' from the neighbours once we got out of Africa.
Maybe we absorbed novel cultural ideas from them too - like the notion of a decent burial for one's rellies? 🦧 |
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Post by vincent on Jun 11, 2023 21:39:55 GMT 10
That certainly seems possible. I guess we'll never know which group first thought of the idea of burial.
Some animals attempt to bury their kill to stop other predators and scavengers from stealing it and eating it. Perhaps some early humans/neanderthals/somebody saw that and imitated it to prevent animals from eating their loved ones.
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Post by johannes on Jun 12, 2023 18:49:18 GMT 10
Vincent wrote: Well, I did turn the GRRM or Warhammer 40.000-style grimdark up to 11, that much is true  . However, the idea of some kind proto-religion, magic or superstition existing among palaeolithic humans is a rather likely one IMHO. |
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Post by Ian Thomas on Jun 14, 2023 22:20:54 GMT 10
... the idea of some kind proto-religion, magic or superstition existing among palaeolithic humans is a rather likely one IMHO. There's an anthropological theory holds that, way back in the Stone Age, tribal Shamans (aka Witch Doctors, Medicine Men etc) developed their bs skills so as to achieve greater success with cave girls. 👧 😉 Might explain why modern humans are so susceptible to bovine-manure presented authoritatively. Darwinian Selection * has been at work.  *Darwin held that Sexual Selection is important in Evolution and it's the females of a species who exercise it. Clearly, 'Shaman Selection' would put the theory in reverse? 🧐 |
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. However, the idea of some kind proto-religion, magic or superstition existing among palaeolithic humans is a rather likely one IMHO.