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Sunday, August 23, 2015

The ceremonial sounds that accompanied our ancestors' funerals, 15,000 years ago

The Natufian culture, which flourished 15,000 years ago, is well known for its complex burial customs. A new study has discovered that these ceremonies included the use of giant boulder mortars whose pounding sound informed the community that a ceremony was being held.

from Strange & Offbeat News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/1MH2U5h
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