RE: Question: ancient burials.
April 21, 2019 at 11:12 am
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2019 at 11:33 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Just to draw the distinction again, that would be disposal, an archaeological question. Burial, an anthropological question, as opposed to disposal, is typified by the amount of impractical labor involved.
Alot of animals engage in disposal, and disposal probably has alot to do with later burial, granted.
(and we probably aren't the only animals that engage in burial)
Burial as opposed to disposal can also indicate the perceived status of the person (and has been used as such in every society). You bury those valued, dispose of those detested. Even things like the above have elaborate underpinnings. It's better to be eaten by climbers and fliers than crawlers and diggers. The most deserving of us are afforded the most heroic ends. Think a flag and a gun salute. A ship on fire. Others are burned unceremoniously.
I, personally, want a baby to be conceived at my happy drunken wake, with bonfires and guns and the whole bit...bonus points for namesake, lol.
The key to winning every footrace is to kick the other fucker in the knee at the outset.
Alot of animals engage in disposal, and disposal probably has alot to do with later burial, granted.
(and we probably aren't the only animals that engage in burial)
Burial as opposed to disposal can also indicate the perceived status of the person (and has been used as such in every society). You bury those valued, dispose of those detested. Even things like the above have elaborate underpinnings. It's better to be eaten by climbers and fliers than crawlers and diggers. The most deserving of us are afforded the most heroic ends. Think a flag and a gun salute. A ship on fire. Others are burned unceremoniously.
I, personally, want a baby to be conceived at my happy drunken wake, with bonfires and guns and the whole bit...bonus points for namesake, lol.
(April 21, 2019 at 10:49 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(April 21, 2019 at 9:47 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: The purest form of the "not fast, just faster than the other guy" theory of predator evasion.
The purest form would be to make the other guy’s velocity negative by pushing him towards the lion.
The key to winning every footrace is to kick the other fucker in the knee at the outset.
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