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Some theories:
Dead bodies died of something. In the earliest ages these were generally infection. Burying them protected us from something that could kill us too. This is also why we would be evolutionarily programmed against cannibalism
They make great fertiliser. Burying waste, dead animals etc resulted in the growth of plants etc which not only food we ...
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