News Archaeologists May Have Discovered the World’s Oldest Burial Ground

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What could be the world’s oldest human burial site—discovered in a cave in central Israel—shows that funerary ritual has been alive and well for at least 100,000 years.

Archaeologists May Have Discovered the World’s Oldest Burial Ground

The 100,000-year-old site contains the remains of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.

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Humans have been around for much longer so this isn't impressive tbh

 

[AtrociousCitizen]

Humans have been around for much longer so this isn't impressive tbh

Behaviorally modern humans are quite recent, so this is fairly significant.

 

[Grodd]

Behaviorally modern humans are quite recent, so this is fairly significant.

True tho i'm sure they are more older burial sites, even other animals bury their dead so i wouldn't say it's primarily a human trait.