Oldest known cremation pyre in Africa reveals mysterious woman who lived 9,500 years ago

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.
Smithsonian Magazine

New Fossil Analysis Suggests This Seven-Million-Year-Old Primate Walked on Two Legs, Potentially Making It the Oldest Known Human Ancestor

Fresh findings about arm and leg bones advance the debate over whether Sahelanthropus tchadensis was bipedal, but not ...
Greek Reporter

Six out of Europe’s Ten Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities Are in Greece

European streets, buildings, and monuments preserve layered testimony to the continent’s earliest urban civilizations. Among ...
Ancient Architects on MSN

Why Mendiktepe might be the oldest civilization site ever found

In this Ancient Architects exclusive, we explore Mendiktepe — a newly revealed Pre‑Pottery Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey that may be older than both Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe. Shockingly, ...
The Debrief

Cremation Before Civilization? Evidence Suggests Ancient Hunter Gatherers Cremated a Woman Nearly 10,000 Years Ago

Evidence suggests ancient hunter-gatherers performed the first ever African cremation of a female sometime around 9,500 years ...