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9,500-year-old cremation site is challenging what we know about early human burial practices
The 9,500-year-old remains were discovered to be of a woman who was between 18 and 60 years old when she died. According to ...
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Oldest cremation pyre found in Africa rewrites our understanding of hunter-gatherer ritual behavior
Read more about the cremation of a mysterious women 9,500 years ago, telling a more complex story of how hunter-gatherers ...
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Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers
Finding a cremated person from the Stone Age also seemed impossible because cremation is not generally practiced by African foragers, either living or ancient. The earliest evidence of burned human ...
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.
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 ...
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