I have recently stumbled upon a BBC television series highlighting the scientific facts along with the cultural and emotional threads tying modern humans with the evolutionary past and the six other human species, born by Earth mother, that have existed over the past 300,000 years. Ritualistic behaviors were moderate in our closest ancestors, the Neanderthals with whom we interbred, as identified via intentional burials and body ornamentation with decorative pigments and feathers from specific bird species. Home Sapiens, modern humanity's only surviving species, engaged and engages in rituals extensively, so much so that it has become fundamental to who we are and dominates significant aspects of our lives, both in personal and communal routines.

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