Ancient Ethiopian bones hint at oldest known human cremation
TL;DR
Fossils from Ethiopia's Afar Rift show burning traces on Homo sapiens bones dating around 100,000 years ago, possibly the oldest evidence of cremation and suggesting varied postmortem practices among early humans.
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- 100,000-year-old Homo sapiens bones from Ethiopia may preserve earliest evidence of human cremation Archaeology News Online Magazine
- The first signs of human cremation may date back 100,000 years Phys.org
- 100,000-year-old burned bones at famed Afar Rift might be the oldest cremation on Earth Interesting Engineering
- Excavations in the Afar Rift Ethiopia (IMAGE) EurekAlert!
- Evidence Found in Ethiopia That Homo sapiens Cremated Their Dead 100,000 Years Ago, 60,000 Before the Oldest Known Record La Brújula Verde
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