Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...

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A 9,500-year-old funeral pyre uncovered in a rock shelter in northern Malawi is forcing archaeologists to rethink when and how humans began to burn their dead. The newly analysed site, at the base of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount Hora rises above the plains of northern Malawi. - Jacob Davis Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed ...