The novel of Man – The man buries his deaths (9)

The novel of Man – The man buries his deaths (9)

“Human being is the only animal who lights fire and buries its deaths.” (Remy Chauvin). In 1968, in Irak Ralph Solecki discovered a Neanderthal man skeleton surrounded with fossilized pollen. Is it a funerary ritual?
The history of burials discovery: Shelter of Ferrassie, The Saints’vault… And there are rrefutable prooves: Kébara (Israel), the Circé Mount (Italy) and the Mas-d’Azil (France). Then, it is in Russia among prehistoric habitations that scientits discovered 6 burials and 9 skeletons.
Discovery – Prehistory – Existence

Partner(s) : ETC Production - Télé-Québec - Sovimages Inc. - La Cinquième

Broadcaster(s) : France 5 - RTVE

Director(s) : Stéphane Bégoin

Author(s) : Marcel Jullian

Year : 1997

Duration : 26 minutes

Festival(s) :

Académie Canadienne du Cinéma et de la TV (Montréal) 1998 - Prix Géneaux