“Human being is the only animal who lights fire and buries its deaths.” (Remy Chauvin). In 1968, in Irak Ralph Solecki discovered a Neanderthal man skeleton surrounded with fossilized pollen. Is it a funerary ritual?
The history of burials discovery: Shelter of Ferrassie, The Saints’vault… And there are rrefutable prooves: Kébara (Israel), the Circé Mount (Italy) and the Mas-d’Azil (France). Then, it is in Russia among prehistoric habitations that scientits discovered 6 burials and 9 skeletons.
Discovery – Prehistory – Existence
Partner(s) : ETC Production - Télé-Québec - Sovimages Inc. - La Cinquième
Broadcaster(s) : France 5 - RTVE
Director(s) : Stéphane Bégoin
Author(s) : Marcel Jullian
Year : 1997
Duration : 26 minutesFestival(s) :
Académie Canadienne du Cinéma et de la TV (Montréal) 1998 - Prix Géneaux