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I am not worried about these days Leon.
What I find annoying is when "they" uncover a very early grave site of early humans and assume that burial means that particular human group by doing so exhibited compassion or that the grave indicates some hint of religious practice when I say that is an opinion offerred based on circumstances of a very different time.
The pracitice of burial in my view is more likely to have been a practical consideration to eliminate odour and the resulting attraction to animals coming around.
You may notice when studying the evolution of various human species when a grave is found the assumption is that it indicates compassion or superstition with no reflection upon the need to eliminate smells that would bring in wild animals.
Moreover I detect such narrow thinking in other areas that I regard as unscientific and therefore it annoys me that although trained some let their personal background influence their ability to make rational observation.
Heck early humans may have buried bodies to preserve as a future food source. .. also a real possibility...
However what was a practise driven by practical consideration could and indeed has developed to become a ritual and as such perhaps the original need is now overlooked.
Anyways I may take the time to research burials and see if anyone has presented ideas similar to mine.
Alex
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