A generation ago, burial was the default and cremation the exception. Today, the roles are rapidly reversing. By 2035, 80% of ...

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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 ...

A 9,500-year-old burial in Malawi is identified as the world’s oldest adult cremation, offering insight into early African ...

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Scotland's largest hospital faces a new mix-up row after a grandmother's body was given to the wrong funeral director.

An Oregon mom must dig up her son's remains after a funeral home double-booked his grave site, with a judge saying it should ...

Analysis - Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, ...