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Morals != religion or faith. As an atheist (which I am as well), you should agree with that.

Tools can be explained through personal relationships with individuals and tools they use frequently. People assign sentimental value of inanimate objects all the time. Someone who has been using a tool for decades can show sadness if it breaks after so many years of dependable use. For close knit tribes where people fulfilled vital functions, a hunter who hunts all his life could have his weapons and tools be seen as an extension of himself (through his and others eyes) and thus when he is buried his tools are buried with him.
Interesting... So you claim that neanderthals who had much the same ceremonies as homo sapiens, would have a completely different basis for it? Not really applying Ockhams Razor, are we?


Bodies have been found in set positions, with flowers, food and trinkets around. What would that at once remind you of?