Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for an adult, according ...

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 ...

Read more about the cremation of a mysterious woman 9,500 years ago, which tells a more complex story of how hunter-gatherers treated their dead. How humans deal with death and the rituals we build ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Hunter-gatherers in what is now Malawi built a pyre around 9,500 years ago to cremate the body of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jessica Thompson and team members excavating and mapping the pyre. (CREDIT: Grace Veatch) A team led by University of Oklahoma ...

9,500-year-old pyre uncovered in Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups A cremation pyre built about 9,500 years ago has been discovered in Africa, offering ...