[Unedited] Mary Doria Russell With Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Three Part Death in Neanderthal Bones
In some cultures, there is this notion of a three part death. First, just stop breathing; while the meat is still on the bones, your soul wanders. This is where you get a lot of ghost stories and the malevolence of the dead are often considered to be jealous of the living. When all of the soft tissue was carefully cleaned off the bones, then you are dead, dead, dead,. And then you are reburied. That's the second burial.
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