La Chapelle-aux-Saints Burial
54 thousand years ago
An Old Body, a Prepared Place
The individual at La Chapelle-aux-Saints was probably in his fifties or sixties, with severe arthritis and missing teeth that would have made eating without help difficult. He lived long enough that others must have assisted him, and when he died, they appear to have dug a depression, placed his body, and rapidly covered it, protecting the remains from scavengers and erosion.
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The individual at La Chapelle-aux-Saints was probably in his fifties or sixties, with severe arthritis and missing teeth that would have made eating without help difficult. He lived long enough that others must have assisted him, and when he died, they appear to have dug a depression, placed his body, and rapidly covered it, protecting the remains from scavengers and erosion.