“Early humans buried their dead in the fetal position, indicating a belief in reincarnation,” or, y’know, it’s easier to bury a curled-up body than a stretched-out one?
Especially when rigor mortis sets in and the corpse gets stiff.
I mean, a hole for somebody like this
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Is going to be a lot easier to dig and cover than a hole for somebody like this
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If ancients human buried their dead, would they dig the hole like this?
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or like this?
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