New evidence of cremation 9,500 years ago in south-central Africa challenges long-held notions about how hunter-gatherers ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 ...

Although the oldest burned human remains date back to 40,000 years old at Lake Mungo, Australia, it lacks any signs of a pyre ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...