History · Negotiating the Sources
UGC NET June 2015 History
The burial practice was started by:
AHomo sapiens
BHomo erectus
CHomo neanderthalensis ✓ Correct
DHomo habilis
Correct answer: (C) Homo neanderthalensis — The burial practice was started by the Neanderthals, so the answer is Homo neanderthalensis.
Explanation
★The burial practice was started by the Neanderthals, so the answer is Homo neanderthalensis.
★Evidence suggests they were the first to bury their dead on purpose.
★They laid the dead in shallow graves.
★They placed stone tools and animal bones with the body.
★Such finds come from Shanidar in Iraq and the Kebara cave in Israel.
★They also come from Krapina in Croatia.
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