Oldest evidence of human cremation discovered: Burned 100,000-year-old Homo sapiens bones found in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift
In a remote stretch of Ethiopia’s Afar Rift, something quietly unsettling has begun to emerge from the ground. Fragments of bone, scattered within ancient sediments, are being studied for what they might represent rather than what they obviously are. Among them are remains attributed to early Homo sapiens, dated to around 100,000 years ago, and … Read more
