Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jessica Thompson and team members excavating and mapping the pyre. (CREDIT: Grace Veatch) A team led by University of Oklahoma ...
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 ...
The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional cremation, as well as the earliest known cremation pyre for an adult that is ...
About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base of Mount Hora, a prominent natural landmark in northern Malawi, according to ...
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 ...
About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base of Mount Hora, a prominent natural landmark in northern Malawi, according to ...
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 ...