Prehistoric Graves Filled With Treasure Show Hunter-Gatherers Cared For Their Disabled Children
By Josh Davis
14 Feb 2018, 12:51
The prehistoric burial of two young boys in Siberia is challenging how we thought ancient hunter-gatherer societies lived. We tend to assume that in a world where people were living a hand-to-mouth existence, where having food or not often meant the difference between life and death, every single member of the community would be needed to pull their weight.
Roughly 34,000 years ago, however, one group of hunter-gatherers carefully laid to rest two boys aged around 10 and 12 years old, both of whom showed signs of disability. What is more, the young boys were adorned with a trove of Pal
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