burials

GRMorton@aol.com
Thu, 9 Nov 1995 07:24:08 -0500

Jim Bell wrote:
>> The Neanderthal burials, for example, are not in dispute. It is the
MEANING of the burials. And they are nothing like the ritualistic burials of
modern man.<<

Neither are the "burials" of the Eskimos. I did some research late last
night. According to my encyclopedia, they used to simply abandon corpses to
be eaten by wolves. If the Neanderthal burials do not mean that they are
fully human, then what does this say about the Eskimos who appear to have the
same practice as a caribou? Surely the Neanderthal burials were more
significant than what the Eskimos did!

glenn