Hunter-gatherers Came Together and Built a Pyre to Burn a Woman in a Rock Shelter, and Lit Fires There for Hundreds of Years
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Hunter-gatherers came together and built a pyre to burn a woman in a rock shelter, and lit fires there for hundreds of years
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About 9,550 years ago in what is today northern Malawi, hunter-gatherers built a pyre in a rock shelter to cremate a person short in statue but apparently, large in status.
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