Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.
Although the oldest burned human remains date back to 40,000 years old at Lake Mungo, Australia, it lacks any signs of a pyre ...
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 ...