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Feb 4 • 09:00 UTC • 🇧🇷 Brazil • Folha (PT)

9,500-Year-Old Cremation Ritual Found by Archaeologists in Africa

Archaeologists have identified one of the oldest examples of human cremation, dating back approximately 9,500 years, near a mountain in Malawi.

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