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#burials — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Leave out your #dead: The coming demise of the #dirtnap

    onlys.ky/leave-out-your-dead-t

    Once the default, traditional #burials will likely be viewed by #future generations as a weird, #wasteful choice

  2. #HomoNaledi were burying their #dead at least 100,000 years before #humans
    Team discoverd H. naledi bodies deposited in fetal positions, indicating intentional #burials predating earliest known burials by #HomoSapiens by 100,000yr, suggesting brain size might not be definitive factor behind such complex behavior. Team also found crosshatched symbols engraved on the walls of the cave that could date as far back as 241,000–335,000 years, although testing is still ongoing.
    arstechnica.com/science/2023/0

  3. Original study 3:

    A. Fuentes et al., #Burials and #engravings in a small-brained hominin, #HomoNaledi, from the late Pleistocene: contexts and evolutionary implications, @biorxivpreprint prior peer review June 05, 2023. 🔓

    biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20