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9,500-year-old cremation pyre of a hunter-gatherer woman is the oldest of its kind in the world

The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional ...
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9,500 Years Ago, Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers Built Funeral Pyre In Africa

Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, people's shadows ...
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Oldest cremation pyre found in Africa rewrites our understanding of hunter-gatherer ritual behavior

How humans deal with death and the rituals we build around it are a crucial part of our identity. Burial practices may ...
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Groundbreaking discovery reveals Africa’s oldest cremation pyre and complex ritual practices

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 ...

Africa's oldest-known cremation raises a historical mystery

The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in ...

Cremation pyre in Africa thought to be world’s oldest containing adult remains

Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups ...