https://news.yale.edu/2026/01/01/ancient-cremation-pyre-offers-glimpse-tropical-hunter-gatherers-mortuary-practices
Ancient cremation pyre offers glimpse of tropical hunter gatherers’ mortuary practices | Yale News
A new study coauthored by Yale paleoanthropologist Jessica Thompson provides evidence of the earliest intentional cremation in ancient Africa.
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