Malinga ndi kafukufuku wozikidwa pa zithunzi zakale, mafupawo angakhale atasungidwa zaka masauzande ambiri asanamwalire odziwika bwino kwambiri.
Malinga ndi kafukufuku watsopano, gulu la mitembo ya anthu azaka 8,000 omwe apezeka ku Sado Valley ku Portugal mwina ndi mitembo yakale kwambiri yodziwika padziko lonse lapansi.
Ochita kafukufuku adatha kukonzanso malo oikidwa m'manda potengera zithunzi zomwe zidatengedwa m'mabwinja 13 pomwe zidakumbidwa m'ma 1960, ndikuwulula zambiri zamwambo wamaliro wogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu aku Europe a Mesolithic.
Phunzirolo, lofalitsidwa mu European Journal of Archaeology ndi gulu la Uppsala University, Linnaeus University, ndi University of Lisbon ku Portugal, limasonyeza kuti anthu a m'chigwa cha Sado anali kupaka mitembo.
Mkati, minofu yofewa pamatupi imasiya kusungidwa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuyang'ana zizindikiro za kusungidwa koteroko kukhala kovuta. Akatswiri adagwiritsa ntchito njira yotchedwa archaeothanatology kuti alembe ndikusanthula zotsalirazo, komanso adayang'ananso zotsatira za kuyesa kwa kuwonongeka kochitidwa ndi Forensic Anthropology Research Facility ku Texas State University.
Kutengera zomwe tikudziwa za momwe thupi limawola, komanso momwe mafupa amagawidwira m'malo, akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale adachotsa za momwe anthu a m'chigwa cha Sado ankachitira mitembo ya akufa awo, omwe adawaika m'manda ndi mawondo awo akuwerama ndi kukanikiza. motsutsana ndi chifuwa.
Pamene matupiwo anayamba kufooka pang’onopang’ono, zikuoneka kuti anthu amoyo anamangitsa zingwe zomangirira miyendo ndi miyendo m’malo mwake, kuzikanikizira pamalo omwe ankafuna.
Ngati mitemboyo ikaikidwa m’manda, m’malo mokhala mitembo yatsopano, zimenezo zikanafotokoza zizindikiro zina za machitidwe ophera mitembo.
Palibe kusokonezeka komwe mungayembekezere m'malo olumikizirana mafupa, ndipo matupi amawonetsa hyperflexion m'miyendo. Njira imene matopewo amasonkhanira mozungulira mafupawo inachititsa kuti mafupawo azilumikizana bwino komanso zimasonyeza kuti thupi silinawole pambuyo pa kuikidwa m’manda.
Anthu a m’chigwa cha Sado ayenera kuti anaganiza zoika mtembo wa wakufayo kuti asamavutike kupita kumanda komanso kuthandiza mtembowo kuti ukhalebe m’moyo wawo akaikidwa m’manda.
Ngati njira za ku Ulaya zofalitsira mitembo zikubwerera mmbuyo zaka masauzande ambiri kuposa zomwe poyamba zinkaganiziridwa, zikhoza kutithandiza kumvetsa bwino zikhulupiriro za Mesolithic, makamaka zokhudzana ndi imfa ndi kuikidwa m'manda.
Ambiri mwa amayi omwe atsala padziko lapansi saposa zaka 4,000, pamene umboni umasonyeza kuti Aigupto akale anayamba ntchitoyi zaka 5,700 zapitazo.
Matupi a nyama zakufa za a Chinchorro ochokera m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Chile, omwe amaganiziridwa kuti ndi nyama zakale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, adasungidwa mwadala zaka 7,000 zapitazo ndi alenje osonkhanitsa m'deralo.
