There is evidence that even Homo sapiens from the Paleolithic era (ca. 120,000 BC - 8,000BC) believed in a spiritual world. ... Intricately fashioned jewelry and symbolic paintings suggest their belief in an afterlife, while precautions such as ritual decapitation (to prevent the deceased's return from the afterlife) attest to their fear of the spiritual world (Clark 54).Although the cognitive capabilities of early humans were still far more primitive than their modern counterparts, there is a similarity in the region of the brain that is responsible for these emotions (Joseph 106-107). ...

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