By all accounts, Philip was into Joanna, but just not enough to stay faithful. Monkeys, meanwhile, despite being our biological cousins, have actually been seen to eat their departed.Īlthough it was a political marriage, the union between Joanna I of Castile and Philip “the Handsome” of Burgundy was one of passion, albeit lopsided passion.

One more interesting tidbit: while a few other species have been observed hosting something akin to funerals (elephants, for example, sometimes stand watch over the body of a fallen friend for days), humans are the only animals on Earth who bury their dead. Meanwhile, though, there are those who think there may be more superstitious origins of the habit: like for example, that we may have begun burying our dead in order to prevent the possibility of their rising again… For example, some scientists have speculated that burial is an evolved behavior, which serves as a technique for avoiding the spread of disease from rotting corpses. The theories behind this behaviour number in the hundreds, and range from the rational and probable, to the unbelievable and bizarre. The oldest confirmed human burial site is in Israel’s Tabun Cave, where remains have been found that are 100,000 years old.

In fact, Neanderthals -who lived among early Homo sapiens- also most likely buried their dead. It seems to be an activity which simply comes naturally to us. Humans have been burying their dead for eons-the earliest grave sites are believed to have been located in Pontnewydd Cave, Wales and Atapuerca, Spain. Walldevil 21. If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It

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