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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:55 am
Gay Caveman 'outed' after 5,000 years
The remains, which dating from 2500 to 2900 BC, were buried in a way normally reserved for women of the Stone Age "Corded Ware" culture.
They were found in the Czech Republic, with the skull facing eastwards and surrounded by domestic jugs - rituals only previously seen in female graves.
Professor Kamila Vesinova, who led the dig, said that the caveman could even have been a transsexual.
"People from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely this positioning was a mistake," he said.
"Far more likely is that he had a different sexual orientation, probably homosexual or transsexual
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The remains, which dating from 2500 to 2900 BC, were buried in a way normally reserved for women of the Stone Age "Corded Ware" culture.
They were found in the Czech Republic, with the skull facing eastwards and surrounded by domestic jugs - rituals only previously seen in female graves.
Professor Kamila Vesinova, who led the dig, said that the caveman could even have been a transsexual.
"People from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely this positioning was a mistake," he said.
"Far more likely is that he had a different sexual orientation, probably homosexual or transsexual
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