Human composting was developed in Washington state in 2019. In two months, bodies are turned into rich soil. "Water cremation" was also part of the House bill. The bill still must pass through the ...

Burial and cremation come with some pretty major environmental problems. Both involve huge amounts of energy, resources and ...

Archaeologists have made an important discovery in understanding the prehistoric roots of one of the world's most common funeral practices - cremation. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports on how the ...

A nearly 10,000-year-old pyre discovered in Africa has revealed the country’s oldest cremation. In a study published in the journal Scientific Advances, an international team of scholars from Africa, ...

At Mount Hora, archaeologists discovered the oldest human cremation in Africa and the oldest in situ adult pyre in the world. As stated in a study recently published in Science Advances, “globally, ...

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 ...