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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

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 discovery that raises new questions about early funeral rituals.

Tucked at the base of a granite hill rising several hundred feet from the surroundings is the Hora 1 archaeological site in Malawi, known for decades.

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