scientists led by archaeologist Prof Mark Collard of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver say the truth may be far more gruesome. “There is compelling evidence that these people may have had their fingers amputated deliberately in rituals intended to elicit help from supernatural entities,” said Collard.
Who wants to bet they just had their fingers bent when they stenciled them?
Even then religious rituals is a bucket explanation used when archeologists have no idea why something is a certain way. If something is weird about an extinct animal then it’s always for mate selection reasons. The same sort of thing.
Except that they (researchers) are claiming to have an idea of why something (fingers) is a certain way (chopped-off in cave paintings).
“There is compelling evidence that these people may have had their fingers amputated deliberately in rituals intended to elicit help from supernatural entities”
If you review their research and find cite-able problems with it, fine, but they’re specifically asserting that they have reason to believe that these amputations were real and inspired by beliefs in supernatural deities.
Yakuza confirmed oldest institution.
Not to comment one way or the other, but when I first saw this hypothesis, I thought the people rejecting it off “it would make life too hard” might’ve actually been stupid. As if human history isn’t fucking STUFFED with people doing much worse to themselves for much less?
Up until 12kyr ago was the last glacial period, and stone age painting by definiton were mostly around that time. Maybe it was just cold and people out all day in the cold hunting deers lose their finger?
But if cave paintings from tropical regions like Africa and south asia also have missing digits then I’ll believe it might a ceremonial thing.
I think we’ve all played Assassins Creed
Assassin’s Creed x Far Cry Primal
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I guess they really wanted an infinite use invasion item
