Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to ...

Finding a cremated person from the Stone Age also seemed impossible because cremation is not generally practiced by African ...

A team of scholars identified the oldest intentional human cremation, dramatically expanding what archaeologists know about early hunter-gatherer practices.

Malawi has stunned the global scientific community after United States researchers discovered evidence that people living ...

Controversial proposal for water cremation facility next to the Żabbar cemetery suspended at the applicant’s request, as ...

A Chilean scholar argues sovereignty must adapt to the realities of the digital age, balancing state autonomy with the ...

A 9 500-year-old cremation in northern Malawi shows hunter-gatherers engaged in complex ritual practices far earlier than ...

Martha Stewart has once again shocked everyone by announcing that she wants her body to be composted and returned to the soil ...

A Bronze Age mass burial pit at Twentyshilling Barrow has been found in Scotland during the construction of a wind farm.

Jeremy Pauley, who made headlines for his role in a multi-state ring of buying and selling stolen body parts, is sharing his ...

John Swinney has expressed deep concern after a Glasgow hospital released the wrong body for cremation, prompting calls for a report to be published.