The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.
Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper ...
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Africa’s oldest cremation site found, 9,500 years old
A 9,500-year-old funeral pyre uncovered in a rock shelter in northern Malawi is forcing archaeologists to rethink when and ...
A generation ago, burial was the default and cremation the exception. Today, the roles are rapidly reversing. By 2035, 80% of ...
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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 ...
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Archaeologists Discover The Earliest Confirmed Adult Cremation
In an ancient rock shelter in the heart of Malawi, archaeologists have found the world's oldest evidence of a funeral pyre ...
Archaeologists say they've unexpectedly found a huge Stone Age cremation pyre in southern-central Africa. The discovery is helping them understand the history of cremation.
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About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base ...
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 ...
An international team of researchers, co-led by Yale University paleoanthropologist Jessica Thompson, has documented the ...
Archaeologists working in Malawi say they have uncovered the world’s earliest known intentional cremation of an adult human, ...
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