omg I'm literally DYING over this ancient burial ritual discovery 
9k yrs old and still we're learning so much about our ancestors' lives & beliefs... like who knew they had some kinda funerary ritual token system? 
and the fact that it was a woman, estimated to be around 5ft tall, makes me think she must've been super important or something 
can you even imagine having a culture that's so advanced & complex? 
and I'm literally fascinated by the idea of them throwing stone-knapping tools into the fire as part of a funeral ritual... it's like they were saying "hey, we're all equal in death" 
9k yrs old and still we're learning so much about our ancestors' lives & beliefs... like who knew they had some kinda funerary ritual token system? and the fact that it was a woman, estimated to be around 5ft tall, makes me think she must've been super important or something can you even imagine having a culture that's so advanced & complex? and I'm literally fascinated by the idea of them throwing stone-knapping tools into the fire as part of a funeral ritual... it's like they were saying "hey, we're all equal in death" 
It's not like they were all savage or anything tho, no signs of cannibalism or violence. The researchers think it was like a funerary ritual where they'd remove some bones b4 burning them & maybe even throw in some stone tools as an offering 
The discovery of this pyre is like a big ol' present to us, showing us that even ancient people were trying to make sense of life & death 
how they cremated their dead 9500 yrs ago! i mean, we're still figuring out how they lived and died back then lol. the fact that some bones were removed from the body before cremation is so interesting - maybe it was like a rite of passage or something? 
And can you imagine the vibes at the pyre? People gathered 'round, flinging stones into the fire, like some kind of ancient tribal rave 
. It's wild to think that this was all happening in Northern Malawi, and we're only just starting to understand it now. I'm totally here for more research and discoveries like this! 
This find is definitely mind-blowing, I mean who knew ancient hunter-gatherers were so into pyres? Like, 9,500 years old and still cool with cremating their dead like that's not a big deal. But at the same time, it's kinda crazy to think about all those bones being deliberately removed from bodies before burning them... what was up with that? 
. Like, can't they optimize their server for once? I swear, every time I try to comment on something here, it's a 5-minute wait 
. And don't even get me started on how the images load... I'm trying to see some awesome pyre pics and my internet just decides to ghost me 
. Anyway, back to those ancient hunters... wow, they were super into cremation, right? I mean, who knew that in 9,500 years we'd still be discovering old bones and trying to figure out what went down