Finding a cremated person from the Stone Age also seemed impossible because cremation is not generally practiced by African ...

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

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

John Swinney has expressed deep concern after a Glasgow hospital released the wrong body for cremation, prompting calls for a report to be published.

A team led by University of Oklahoma anthropologist Jessica Cerezo-Román and Yale University anthropologist Jessica Thompson ...

Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups ...

At the Hora 1 archaeological site in Malawi, the discovery of the remains of a massive fire and the presence of incinerated ...

A 9 500-year-old cremation in northern Malawi shows hunter-gatherers engaged in complex ritual practices far earlier than ...

Martha Stewart has sparked conversation after revealing she would like to be composted after death, describing the idea as an ...