During the Copper Age 5,000 years ago, men were traditionally
buried facing the west, along with weapons and knives. But
archaeologists in the Czech Republic say the skeletal remains of
the newly discovered caveman were found facing the east, along
with household items like water jugs and pots, funeral rites
almost always reserved for women in the region during that time.
Researchers said they'd seen other graves from the period in
which female warriors were buried using rites usually afforded
to men, but never a grave in which a man was buried in the style
of a woman. Katerina Semradova, another researcher, said the
discovery is one of the earliest known cases of a "third-gender
grave," according to the Daily Mail. Archaeologists also found
an oval-shaped pot near the man, an artifact generally buried
with women. "What we see here does not add up to traditional
Corded Ware cultural norms," Vesinova said. The man, who lived
sometime between 2900 and 2500 B.C., is believed to be part of
the Corded Ware culture