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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 the study published in Science Advances, a large pyre was prepared for the ...
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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 woman 9,500 years ago, which tells a more complex story of how hunter-gatherers ...