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Oldest Cremation Pyre Found in Africa Rewrites Our Understanding of Hunter-Gatherer Ritual Behavior
The cremation pyre shows ritualized mortuary practices nearly 10,000 years ago, marking the earliest known adult cremation and shedding light on prehistoric funerary customs.
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The evidence of the oldest cremation in Africa was found by archaeologists at the foot of Mount Hora in Malawi. The post PHOTOS ¬ Archaeologists find evidence of the oldest cremation in the world in Malawi first appeared on SinEmbargo MX.Read the full text in sinembargo.mx
An international team of researchers, co-led by Yale University paleoanthropologist Jessica Thompson, has documented the first evidence of intentional cremation in African hunter-gatherers. The finding, a 9,500-year-old on-site funeral pyre located at the foot of Mount Hora, in northern Malawi, represents the practice of cremation [...]
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