
From the Vault: The Invention of the Spoon, Part 1
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The Evolution of Mortuary Practices in the Neolithic Period
The first time that a fox has been documented in association with human interments pre dating the natufian and with a particular suite of grave goods. In these graves they do find an example of humans buried alongside a fox. And coming to the spoon, this is so interesting, i don't ha, sparks are going off brain. You might not imagine to find these things going together, some of the earliest clear evidence of a spoon and some of the early known burials of a human with a fox buddy. Yes? That would mean potentially not only bread, but bread a sibling porridges. Exactly.
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