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Funeral-related industry

  • FuneralArchaeologists have discovered Neanderthal skeletons in Shanidar Cave, Iraq, and Pontnewydd Cave, Wales, dating back at least 300,000 years.
  • EmbalmingThe Chinchorro culture in the Atacama desert of present-day Chile and Peru performed artificial mummification as early as 5000 to 6000 BCE.