> ... through commingling the bones of several individuals” might have been especially important to people burying their dead in the cave. That process might ha

> ... through commingling the bones of several individuals” might have been especially important to people burying their dead in the cave. That process might have helped remind the living, in some way, of the connection between the individual and the group. It's interesting that the speculation gravitates towards some symbolic meaning here. One could also make the point that maybe humans in the paleolithic era were not so different from humans throughout history, who moved or commingled remains of the dead for every reason from the veneration of saints to the fact the remains were in the way and needed to be put somewhere else. Perhaps the bones were put there in that way because it was the only thing that made sense to the people of the time.