Earliest Cremation in Africa 9,550 Years Ago Discovered in Malawi

Earliest Cremation in Africa 9,550 Years Ago Discovered in Malawi

About 9,550 years ago in what is today northern Malawi, hunter-gatherers built a pyre in a rock shelter to cremate a person short in statue but apparently, large in status.

The pyre at Hora-1 is the earliest ritual cremation discovered to date in…

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