prehistoric religion

Introduction
General characteristics
- Burial customs and cults of the dead
- Cannibalism
- Sacrifices
- Hunting rites and animal cults
- Female fertility deities
- Shamanism, sorcery, and magic
Evolutionary development
- Stone Age cultures
  - Lower or Early and Middle Paleolithic
  - Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic
  - Proto-Neolithic and Neolithic
- Civilizations

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