Message #167953

[Helios]

30,000 B.C. - Neanderthal Extinction - "Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis disappeared at the beginning of this era [about 30,000 B.C.], but he left behind evidence of his Spiritual perceptions. This is most clearly seen in Neanderthal Burials at Shanidar in northern Iraq, excavated by Richard Solecki, and in Russian Turkestan. The Shanidar grave contained the body of a 42 year old man, sprinkled with flowers. The Turkestan grave contained a 4 year old boychild buried with the accouterment of a warrior. The Shanidar burial is not in and of itself evidence of a belief in an Afterlife. But in the case of the boy from Turkestan, one must ask why a boy, who could not have been a warrior, were buried with such equipment unless there were an expectation that he might need it? This is the best evidence of a belief in an afterlife 45,000 years ago, though it is not proof."
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