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Earliest known human burial in Africa.
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36 authors.
María Martinón-TorresCENIEH (National Research Center on Human Evolution), Burgos, Spain. maria.martinon@cenieh.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2750-4554
Francesco d'ErricoUMR 5199 CNRS De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement, et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France.
Elena SantosCentro Mixto UCM-ISCIII de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Ana Álvaro GalloCENIEH (National Research Center on Human Evolution), Burgos, Spain.
Noel AmanoDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7871-2230
William ArcherDepartment of Archaeology and Anthropology, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Simon J ArmitageSFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1480-9188
Juan Luis ArsuagaCentro Mixto UCM-ISCIII de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
José María Bermúdez de CastroCENIEH (National Research Center on Human Evolution), Burgos, Spain.
James BlinkhornDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
Alison CrowtherDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
Katerina DoukaDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0558-0011
Stéphan DubernetUMR 5060 CNRS-Université Bordeaux Montaigne IRAMAT-CRP2A: Institut de recherche sur les Archéomatériaux - Centre de recherche en physique appliquée à l'archéologie, Maison de l'archéologie, Pessac, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4278-3501
Patrick FaulknerDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
Pilar Fernández-ColónCENIEH (National Research Center on Human Evolution), Burgos, Spain.
Nikos KourampasCentre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Jorge González García3D Applications Engineer and Heritage Specialist Digital Heritage and Humanities Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
David LarreinaCENIEH (National Research Center on Human Evolution), Burgos, Spain.
François-Xavier Le BourdonnecUMR 5060 CNRS-Université Bordeaux Montaigne IRAMAT-CRP2A: Institut de recherche sur les Archéomatériaux - Centre de recherche en physique appliquée à l'archéologie, Maison de l'archéologie, Pessac, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1051-5337
George MacLeodBiological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
Laura Martín-FrancésCENIEH (National Research Center on Human Evolution), Burgos, Spain.
Diyendo MassilaniDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Julio MercaderDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5637-7937
Jennifer M MillerDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
Emmanuel NdiemaDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
Belén NotarioCENIEH (National Research Center on Human Evolution), Burgos, Spain.
Africa Pitarch MartíUMR 5199 CNRS De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement, et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France.
Mary E PrendergastDepartment of Anthropology, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
Alain QueffelecUMR 5199 CNRS De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement, et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-7600
Solange RigaudUMR 5199 CNRS De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel: Culture, Environnement, et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université Bordeaux, Talence, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-200X
Patrick RobertsDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4403-7548
Mohammad Javad ShoaeeDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
Ceri ShiptonInstitute of Archaeology, University College London, London, UK.
Ian SimpsonCentre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2447-7877
Nicole BoivinDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany. boivin@shh.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7783-4199
Michael D PetragliaDepartment of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany. petraglia@shh.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2522-5727
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Abstract
The origin and evolution of hominin mortuary practices are topics of intense interest and debate
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FossilsAnimalsBone and BonesBurialChild, PreschoolCultural EvolutionDentitionHistory, AncientHominidaeHumansKenyaSkeleton
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