Rufus and I were talking when the subject of sacrifice in primitive societies came up. "I can't figure out where that came from, or why its so widespread," he announced, "The idea that some invisible being will somehow be appeased by bleeding an animal over an altar."
"I bet it goes way back in human history, to early man leaving his kill behind when the lion shows up," I replied.
His eyes lit up as he mused. "Yeah... It was a survival tactic against the big cats... Throw one down so the rest of the tribe could survive, and when the cats became fewer, it was still an ingrained fear response."
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