The first time I came across this gay caveman was in Erin's Anth 100 class in the summer. This first article on the Telegraph website gives a detailed account of the gay caveman.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8433527/First-homosexual-caveman-found.html
However, my thoughts on the gay caveman conincide more with the article on the National Post's website.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/04/17/gay-caveman-probably-not-gay-or-a-caveman/
Based on these two and other articles I have come to two varying conclusions: 1) they sexed the skeleton wrong; or, 2) the skeleton belonged to a gay male.
To go with conclusion 1, I think there is a possiblity that they sexed the skeleton wrong because female skeletons can look like male skeletons.
More importantly, I think this very well could be a gay "caveman" (even though the Corded Ware people were not cavemen). However, just because he was buried like a female does not mean that this individual would have identified himself as feminine or gay. If this individual was gay, hopefully this leads to more discoveries and scientific research into sexuality being a biological trait so that the LGBT community today has a better chance at being accepted and obtaining equal rights.
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