Revealing the reason why prehistoric people cut their fingers

According to a recent study, prehistoric people can cut their fingers to serve religious rituals, Dailymail reported on December 4.

Cave art works created with red prints and some other ancient coloring agents of prehistoric humans were discovered in caves around the world. However, the strange thing is that these fingerprints are often missing one or more fingers.

The fingerprints of prehistoric people with one or more fingers were discovered in caves around the world.

According to Dailymail, scientists said that the lost fingers could be due to the harsh environment in prehistoric times such as hurting hands due to cold, accidents, being bitten by animals or being a way to face grief when losing loved ones .

Experts recently suggested another explanation is that prehistoric people could cut their fingers to serve sacrifices. This discovery has been published in the recent Digital Archeology Journal.

'Previously tight fingers are quite common behavior in many parts of the world' , said Mark Collard of Simon Fraser University in Canada on New Scientist.

'The information gathered suggests that some people in the Upper Palaeolithic period often cut their fingers for the purpose of sacrifice, which is quite reasonable,' Mark added.

The database of websites in Africa, Europe, Oceania and the Americas reveals 121 separate communities that share this behavior. For example, at Grotte de Gargas in France, there are a total of 231 prints in a community of about 50 people. Nearly half (114) of these lack one or more fingers.

Not all experts are convinced of this hypothesis. Researchers themselves admit that it is impossible to find an absolute answer.