NOT SUBBED/CONSULTATION TBC People are being buried with sophisticated spiritual ceremonies. Mungo Man and Mungo Lady are both buried around this time, 42,000-45,000 years ago, making them among the oldest homo sapiens found outside of Africa.
Mungo Man, who is estimated to have been about 50, is carefully buried with his hands crossed in his lap.
The use of fire, red ochre transported across a great distance and an extraordinarily defined grave suggest he was someone important, like the chief. Mungo Lady has also been ritually buried.
First she has been cremated, then her bones crushed, burned again and buried in the lunette.