2nd February 2009, 02:40 PM
"If I were a prehistoric person in a museum,instead of being reburied by a group of people who think they know best when clearly they don't,i'd be pretty danged proud that people were coming to look at me and learn about me"
A couple of thoughts-
Isn't the idea of burying someone that their remains are not disturbed by other people or harmed by scavengers? so wouldn't the concept of being displayed in a museum be alien to a prehistoric person?
Also, when a modern person says they wouldn't mind being 'looked at' or studied scientifically that is done from a modern/scientific mind set, and not from an understanding of prehistoric thinking.
A couple of thoughts-
Isn't the idea of burying someone that their remains are not disturbed by other people or harmed by scavengers? so wouldn't the concept of being displayed in a museum be alien to a prehistoric person?
Also, when a modern person says they wouldn't mind being 'looked at' or studied scientifically that is done from a modern/scientific mind set, and not from an understanding of prehistoric thinking.