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Do Elephants Return To Graves?

They also returned to the remains repeatedly during varying stages of decay from fresh carcasses to sun-bleached bones. “Elephants show broad interest in their dead regardless of the strength of former relationships with the dead individual,” write Shifra Z. Do elephants visit graves? There are documented accounts by scientists of elephants’ interest in the bodies …

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Who Invented Burying?

Neanderthals. The oldest known burial is thought to have taken place 130,000 years ago. Archeological evidence shows that Neanderthals practiced the burying of the dead. The dead during this era were buried along with tools and bones. Who was the first human to be buried? At Qafzeh, Israel, the remains of as many as 15 …

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Were Neanderthals The First To Bury Their Dead?

The well-preserved state of these 50,000-year-old bones led researchers to suggest that Neanderthals buried their dead well before modern humans arrived in western Europe. Who first buried their dead? NeanderthalsThe oldest known burial is thought to have taken place 130,000 years ago. Archeological evidence shows that Neanderthals practiced the burying of the dead. The dead …

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