Read more about the cremation of a mysterious woman 9,500 years ago, which tells a more complex story of how hunter-gatherers treated their dead. How humans deal with death and the rituals we build ...

An international team of scholars identified the oldest known intentional human cremation, dramatically expanding what archaeologists know about early hunter-gatherer practices. Discovery reveals ...

9,500-year-old pyre uncovered in Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups A cremation pyre built about 9,500 years ago has been discovered in Africa, offering ...

A multidisciplinary study in Science Advances documents a 9,500-year-old funerary pyre, revealing unexpected ritual complexity among past tropical hunter-gatherer communities. The study, published in ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the world’s earliest intentional cremation of an adult human known till date in Malawi, a discovery that raises new questions about early funeral rituals. Tucked at the ...

Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...