Likewise a number of archeologists propose that Middle Paleolithic societies such as that of the Neanderthals may also have practiced the earliest form of totemism or animal worship in addition to their ( presumably religious ) burial of the dead.
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The relative scarcity of hyena depictions in Paleolithic rock art has been theorised to be due to the animal's lower rank in the animal worship hierarchy; the spotted hyena's appearance was likely unappealing to Ice Age hunters, and it was not sought after as prey.
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Besides this, the practices like spirit-worship, ancestor-worship, hero-worship, masathi-worship, tree-worship, animal worship, serpent-worship, the worship of the Goddesses of disease and the worship of Graamadhevataa ( Village-Deity ) are included in the mainstream of the Theyyam cult.
