70,000 Year Old Religion

[Kungfuzed]

I thought this was pretty cool:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=3FE89A86-E7F2-99DF-366D045A5BF3EAB1

They believe humans worshipped this snake carving 70,000 years ago.

 

[Pah]

I thought this was pretty cool:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=3FE89A86-E7F2-99DF-366D045A5BF3EAB1

They believe humans worshipped this snake carving 70,000 years ago.

Ah, we're getting closer to the beginnings of god

 

[ayani]

cool! it always amazes and delights me just how far back in reach and how impressive early humans' achievements and creativity were. very cool, and beautiful.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

The claim is interesting, but I don't think that they've argued their case very well.

I'd like to see the evidence further reviewed by the archeologists that are conducting the excavation and the reviews of their peers. This is not even a preliminary report, and most likely, the interpretation of the evidence is going to change...

 

[painted wolf]

ritualistic behavior (religion) likely predates humanity. (at least H.sapien)
Neandertals show evidence of ritual behavior, in burials for one example.
Likely this was something that came from our common ancestor.

wa:do

ps. saying that they worshiped the snake stone is a bit much... the scientists say nothing of the sort, they simply say that it was the focus of some sort of ritualized behavior. You can't tell they worshiped the snake, the ceremonies involved didn't need to have anything to do with worhiping... it could have been 'symapthetic magic'. Or a host of other things... what is clear is that anchient people felt this place had a strong significance and ritual use.