In a cave in Israel, 100,00-year-old bones tell a story about the origins of burial rites

Archaeologists in the center of Israel are exciting one of the oldest burial sites known in the world, dating from 100,000 years. The site, the Tinshemet cave, contains remarkably preserved remains of the first humans, carefully arranged and with what are probably ceremonial objects. Experts believe that this site presents an important change in the way the first humans dealt with their dead and thought of spirituality and life after death. Researchers are still studying whether the remains belong to Neanderthals, Homo Sapiens or a hybrid population.