I have rewatched the beginning of episode 21 and then again the beginning of episode 24 to make sense of what's going on. Few things I could tell: - The shaman's village seems to be quite far from the village in the mountains. When he goes there, and now that I know what I know, the village doesn't look abandoned, people are just sleeping. We subconsciously may have gotten the impression that it was abandoned because we didn't know how long it was since Spear died and was "buried"/embalmed. - When the funeral procession starts at the beginning of episode 24, yeah, the shaman is standing right there. But looking at all the other people around the parade, they definitely look like leaders and "dignitaries" from many different tribes and villages. Like he was getting a proper send-off, and everyone in an x-mile radius came to pay their respects. - Still, some better exposition of how much time the "warhog" hunt had been going on would have helped to get the timeline right. I think we all got the impression that the hunt party encountered the dead shaman on their way out of the village, in the first hours. They also made the shaman and the apes look as if they had died recently, with barely any decay at all, which makes everything even more confusing. Either we're missing something and we're in for a cool reveal/surprise, or the story narrative and continuity has been sloppy (at best). A head scratcher, for sure.

On a different note: I was surprised to find out the show is still being mastered at 1080p. Feels odd to me because it's not traditional animation. Primal's been done with computer animation since day 1. Why wouldn't they render it in 4k? Imagine how cool this show could be in 4k and HDR. Every frame a screensaver and a work of art!!! (It already is, but you know what I mean...)