Neanderthals burial habits #Shorts #minidocumentary

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Recent evidence suggests Neanderthals had sophisticated burial habits.
Shanidar cave archeological site in Iraq revealed they buried intentionally their dead.
They were adorning their graves with flours and they were burying their dead with respect and care. This complex funerary behavior suggests Neanderthals had superior cognitive abilities and social customs. Neanderthal burial practices were deliberate.
Remains of an older male Neanderthal who suffered injuries in his head , was blind and disabled showed some other clan members were helping him to eat and survive.
In La Ferrassie , France a Neanderthal child was intentionally buried. Some skeletons found showed evidence of burial preparation such as cuts in bones.
All that shows they were closer to modern humans than we previously thought.
The fact they were mourning and burying their dead makes them far closer to us in thought and action and they were capable of symbolic thought and of developing rich cultures
Still many people visualize Neanderthals as nasty, brutish, and small, and barely intelligent creatures. Even though

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