Megalithic necropolis of Panoria (Spain).Credit: University Of Granada
Posted on 10/01/2024 8:22:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The necropolis of Panoría is located at the easternmost end of Sierra Harana, in the town of Darro (Granada). It consists of at least 19 graves, 9 of which have been excavated between 2015 and 2019. They are collective burials from which more than 55,000 human skeletal remains were recovered. The dating of these remains shows that the first burials took place 5600 years ago with a discontinuous funerary use until 4100 years ago.Bioarchaeological AdvancesIn a recent study published in the prestigious journal Scientific Reports, the use of new bioarchaeological methods has allowed the identification of chromosomal sex from the study of DNA and the analysis of a protein known as Amelogenin present in the tooth enamel.
In this way, it has been possible, for the first time, to obtain a precise demographic profile of the biological sex of the people who were buried in these megalithic monuments. Surprisingly, the result is a clear bias in favour of female burials, twice that of male burials, a bias that is even more pronounced among juvenile individuals with a ratio of 10 females for every male individual.
This ratio is far from the usual composition of human populations, which is approximately one to one. Only in exceptional circumstances, e.g. conflicts, wars or intense migration processes, does this ratio break down in favour of one of the sexes.
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Megalithic necropolis of Panoria (Spain).Credit: University Of Granada
Thanks for link.
Instant reaction is sacrifices. Yuck!
All cultures are equal....
Harems?..................
[[Why Are So Many Women Buried in This 5600-Year-Old Necropolis?]]
Just a wild guess, but, Because they died?
The time between 6000 BC and 5000 BC is a mysterious time.
The Bible records 6000 BC as about the time of Adam and Eve.
5000 BC is about the time of Noah and the flood.
In between, the biblical record shows that the gene pool got corrupted and worldwide wickedness was rampant with no remedy other than complete annihilation.
FYI, the Bible also says the ends times in which we are living will be like the days of Noah.
Volcano prevention rituals?
Wait, there’s no non-binaries in there?
Because the ladies were too lively for the animapolis.
The men were perhaps involved in a losing conflict and died or taken into slavery elsewhere?
Decendants of Donald Trump running the place, obviously failed to value women’s health issues at the time.
Hey, we don’t know if they were buried alive.
That’s true- but it doesn’t fit my lame attempt at humor, so we’ll discount that option lol
Probably harems, yeah. Polygamy is common among primates as well.
Heretic!!! Long settled science proves that no one can tell gender from a skeleton.
You are a sexist beast for even suggesting this.
Well, the writer used careful wording so as not to offend the leftists' sensibilities regarding fake sexes (bold-faced mine):
the use of new bioarchaeological methods has allowed the identification of chromosomal sex from the study of DNA
The Patriarchy, of course.
Simple answer: because they are dead.
Could be that a woman of high status, royalty, etc died and her retinue was killed so as to provide their services in the afterlife.................
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