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The Average American Can’t Properly Identify These Common Insects

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite ...

What is the world’s largest bee and why its survival matters

The world’s largest bee is a solitary insect known from a small cluster of islands in eastern Indonesia. Wallace’s giant bee, ...
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This 9,500-Year-Old Burial Is The Oldest Cremation Ever Found in Africa and It Involved an Enormous Fire Seen For Miles

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

9,500-year-old cremation of a mystery woman in Malawi baffles archaeologists

Archaeologists working in Malawi say they have uncovered the world’s earliest known intentional cremation of an adult human, ...

Africa's oldest-known cremation raises a historical mystery

The oldest known cremation found in Africa, dating from 9,500 years ago, raises a question: Why were the remains burned in ...

Oldest known cremation pyre in Africa reveals mysterious woman who lived 9,500 years ago

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

Mystery woman’s cremation thought to be world’s oldest leaves archaeologists baffled: ‘Why this person?’

Archaeologists have unearthed the world’s earliest intentional cremation of an adult human known till date in Malawi, a ...
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Africa: Oldest Known Cremation in Africa Poses 9,500-Year-Old Mystery About Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers

Analysis - Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, ...