[skipperr]

Death contemplation can be found in the buddhist scriptures, dating as far back as 2500 years ago. So a similar technique is in fact far older.

[8bitsrule]

I imagine any human or protohuman, a hundred thousand years before history, sitting before a fire in the wilderness, contemplating death. It's 'progress' that lets us avoid having our mortality rubbed in our faces daily.

I look at the care with which humans were once buried and recognize how far we've removed ourselves from the essential.

[djtriptych]

Agreed. Author should have said "at least 1000" instead of "about 1000"