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

‘We don’t know why this particular person was cremated in a meticulously planned event’, researchers say

The Independent UK · Jan 2

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

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, people’s shadows stretch up the wall of a natural overhang of stone.

The Conversation · Jan 1