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Neanderthal Burial Site
Neanderthal Burial Site


Neanderthal people bury a young man, along with stone tools and bear meat, in this life-sized diorama based on a 70,000-year-old site in France. The placement of tools and food along with the deceased suggests that these people believed in life after death.


Human Evolution Main Page Stone Hand Axe The Venus of Lespugue
Human Evolution
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