A nearly 10,000-year-old pyre discovered in Africa has revealed the country’s oldest cremation. In a study published in the ...

A team led by University of Oklahoma anthropologist Jessica Cerezo-Román and Yale University anthropologist Jessica Thompson ...

Oldest known African cremation dated to 9,500 years ago in MalawiEvidence of complex Stone Age hunter-gatherer mortuary ...

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...

About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base ...

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

NAIROBI, March 4 (Reuters) - Whirling masked spirits clad in raffia and laughing children daubed with clay dance across the pages of "African Twilight," the latest book by two photographers ...

Across Africa, fatherhood is not just about biology, it’s tied to ancient customs, symbolism, and rituals that still shape family identity today. In today’s world, a DNA swab and lab analysis can ...

African Beauty has come to western shelves and helped me connect to my culture. Here are the brands making an impact. Like many Black Americans of African descent, I grew up removed from my heritage.

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration of African American culture, family and community, observed annually from Dec. 26 through ...