The 9,500-year-old remains were discovered to be of a woman who was between 18 and 60 years old when she died. According to ...

Although the oldest burned human remains date back to 40,000 years old at Lake Mungo, Australia, it lacks any signs of a pyre ...

Archaeologists say they've unexpectedly found a huge Stone Age cremation pyre in southern-central Africa. The discovery is helping them understand the history of cremation.

Archaeologists have unearthed the world’s earliest intentional cremation of an adult human known till date in Malawi, a ...

Read more about the cremation of a mysterious women 9,500 years ago, telling a more complex story of how hunter-gatherers ...

9,000 years ago, a young adult was cremated in a pit of flowers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The oldest known person to be ...

New evidence of cremation 9,500 years ago in south-central Africa challenges long-held notions about how hunter-gatherers ...

PROVIDENCE – A bill to allow the composting of human remains and a method of dealing with bodies known as water cremation passed the House for the second year in a row on May 29, but this time with a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware Senate gave ...

Most people plan to either be buried or cremated when they die, but there is another, environmentally friendly option: Human composting. "So instead of being cremated and turned into ash, you're ...

New York is the latest state to give residents the option of composting their deceased loved ones instead of a standard burial or cremation. The practice, sometimes called "natural organic reduction," ...

Tucked away in eastern Alameda County is a sprawling 47-acre site that will soon be transformed into the cemetery of the future, expected to serve the Tri-Valley and surrounding region for the next ...