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Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers

Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers Archaeologists have discovered the oldest known cremation in Africa, dating back around 9,500 years to a pyre built by Stone Age hunter-gatherers in Malawi. The cremation was of an adult woman, estimated to be around 5 feet tall and middle-aged at the time […]

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