²⁵Graeber, David, and David Wengrow. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. Penguin Books Ltd, 2022. p. 103
The authors observed that most of the Paleolithic skeletons found, “… bear evidence of striking physical anomalies that could only have marked them out, clearly and dramatically, from their social surroundings.”
Sam Moore writes (personal email 10/13/22) that such is rarely the case for Neolithic burials. "I believe the remains might be people who were important to the group - tool makers, herders, educators,  negotiators etc.”