Natufian cemeteries also separate the group from others of the time. The
cemeteries suggest more complex communities with leaders and social
hierarchies. Some individuals were buried wearing personal ornaments like
caps, bracelets and garters. These may have been indicators of their higher
status. Only a small minority of Natufians was selected for ceremonial burial.
This shows that Natufian society had more social levels than other early
human communities. There is evidence that the Natufian diet consisted
mainly of harvested and prepared cereal grains. Skeletal remains showed
that most of the residents had suffered from rotten teeth as a result of eating
too much barley and wheat.
O(A) Ceremonial burials were intended to satisfy Natufian gods.
(B) Foragers and hunters would have had healthier teeth.
O(C) People with higher status ate more grains and less meat.
(D) Natufians did not wear personal ornamentation while alive.