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FishFace@piefed.social 7 hours agoAnthropologically it’s thought to originate from a gesture of homage to a societal superior (which would also include kneeling)
In the religion you see a variety of explanations. Some are mundane, like it’s just to stop you fidgeting.
saltesc@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
That does explain the kneeling and optional head bowing.
Got my theories on the eye-closing, but they’re centred around primal mammal submission or a capacity limitation requiring focus on one task at a time.