Have Human Mortuary Practices Been Around for 245,000 Years?

Have Human Mortuary Practices Been Around for 245,000 Years?

Have human mortuary practices been around for 245,000 years? This may be the case. New archaeological evidence suggests that our ancient ancestors may have started burying their dead almost a quarter of a million years ago… 100 thousand years earlier than we thought. Scientists conducting an archaeological excavation in South Africa in 2013 discovered a collection of humanoid bones in an area of the Rising Star cave system called The Cradle of H…