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One thing that caught my eye was "both were coated in human or animal fat" and "throwing stick smeared in human or kangaroo fat". I mean the "human fat" part,
by jnurmine 2y ago
One thing that caught my eye was "both were coated in human or animal fat" and "throwing stick smeared in human or kangaroo fat".
I mean the "human fat" part, that seemed strange.
Getting human fat non-lethally is probably impossible using technology from 12000 years ago. If the fat was obtained from a human corpse, it would rule out at least burying the body. But still, wouldn't obtaining the fat from a non-buried corpse disturb the deceased on some religious-spiritual level?
Or was it common to mutilate dead enemies or something like that?
Edit: Oh, OK, I saw others asking the same question and replies which shed light on this.