Fig. 5: Human burials at Tinshemet, Qafzeh and Skhul Caves. | Nature Human Behaviour

Fig. 5: Human burials at Tinshemet, Qafzeh and Skhul Caves.

From: Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel suggests behavioural uniformity across Homo groups in the Levantine mid-Middle Palaeolithic circa 130,000–80,000 years ago

Fig. 5

Note that in all three caves the body was deposited on their right side (Qafzeh 9 excluded) in a fetal position, regardless of sex or age. The burials of Skhul IX, IV and V are redrawn from McCown and Keith3, and the burials of Qafzeh 25, 15, 8 and 11 are redrawn from Vandermeersch and Bar-Yosef4.

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