81: A Brief History of the Afterlife Two

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In the second installment of our afterlife miniseries we delve into the prehistoric realms, discussing the earliest evidence we have for some kind of a belief in the afterlife in prehistoric, neolithic peoples. We also consider the Neanderthal and Denisovans, cave paintings, early totemic art, and the practices of ceremonial burial. We also touch on Göbekli Tepe and other early ritual sites and end up by making reference to skull cults, everyone's favorite type of cult.

We open the episode with one of Michael's brainteasing hypotheticals about the afterlife.

Images of Göbekli Tepe

Examples of Plastered Human Skulls

Art from Chauvet Cave

The Harbin Cranium

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