The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 ...
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9,500-year-old cremation pyre of a hunter-gatherer woman is the oldest of its kind in the world
Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.
The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...
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Scientists discover Africa’s oldest cremation pyre revealing complex rituals from 9,500 years ago
A team led by University of Oklahoma anthropologist Jessica Cerezo-Román and Yale University anthropologist Jessica Thompson ...
A new study published in the journal Science Advances provides the earliest evidence of intentional cremation in Africa. It describes the world’s oldest known in situ cremation pyre containing the ...
Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups ...
A small Colorado town maintains the country’s only public outdoor funeral pyre. Philip Incao saw it as his own perfect ending. The cremation of Dr. Philip Incao at the country’s only public open-air ...
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