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Neandertal burials  

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  • Although it is possible that early humans buried their dead for purely hygienic reasons or to discourage scavengers, many anthropologists view intentional burial as a kind of symbolic behavior. Some have even suggested that it represents the earliest evidence of religion. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Neandertal Burials]

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