As of July 1, human composting — also known as natural organic reduction — is now legal in in the state. But it will likely ...

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Human composting is one of many more environmentally-friendly alternatives to traditional burial and cremation that have ...

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...

Ancient hunter-gatherers built monumental mounds at Kaillachuro in Peru without kings, rewriting history of "monumental ...

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You may have heard of environmentally friendly options for funerals and burials, but not everyone is familiar with human ...

Markers range from flat metal plates to willow sculptures to nothing at all, like at one site in Southern Ontario where sheep ...

The state is the 11th in the nation to legalize terramation, or human composting. Return Home is a company that uses alfalfa, ...

An alternative to burial or cremation — allowing dead bodies to break down into a soil-like product — is just a signature away from reality in New Jersey.

Return Home, the nation's leading provider of human composting, also known as Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), announced today that it is actively planning to open a new facility in Minnesota. This ...