The skeleton was found in a Prague suburb in the Czech Republic with its head pointing eastwards and surrounded by domestic jugs, rituals only previously seen in female graves.
"From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake," said lead archaeologist Kamila Remisova Vesinova.
"Far more likely is that he was a man with a different sexual orientation, homosexual or transsexual," she added.
According to Corded Ware culture which began in the late Stone Age and culminated in the Bronze Age, men were traditionally buried lying on their right side with their heads pointing towards the west, and women on their left sides with their heads pointing towards the east. Both sexes would be put into a crouching position.
It just seems too far fetched to me. But they are serious. My dismay lessened a bit after reading some of the reader comments. One in particular caught my attention and forced me to rethink my initial reaction.
[Y]our slavish worship of willful ignorance continues to amaze me. [H]ow else are people supposed to build on knowledge of the past without drawing suppositions from facts then seeing where that conjecture leads? [A]t this point it is just an idea, but now scientists can look for further evidence to support or refute that idea. [T]ime will tell. [P]erhaps this is a one-time-thing and will drop into obscurity, but to dismiss at the outset it as "wishful thinking" betrays either your hatred of inquiry or your hatred of sexuality. (ViennaLane--11:01 am, Apr 7, 2011 from The Daily Beast: Cheat Sheet
As I have stated before, I find it fascinating what science" can tell us from a pile of bones. Oh and I kept the original headline for,,,you guessed it,,,shock value,,,lol!!
First homosexual caveman found - Telegraph
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