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The origins of cremation are not precisely known, but evidence suggests that it was practiced in China as early as 8,000 BC. However, most scholars agree that cremation became more prominent around 3,000 BC, during the Early Stone Age. It is thought that the practice began in Europe and the Near East before spreading to Northern Europe in the Late Stone Age. Artifacts such as ornate pottery excavated in Western Russia provide evidence of early cremation practices.
During the Bronze Age, cremation rituals spread to regions including Spain, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, and Ireland. In later centuries, groups such as Freemasons, revolutionaries, and anarchists adopted cremation as a means to counter the influence of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church itself opposed cremation until the 20th century.
In Asia, cremation was predominantly practiced by Buddhists, especially in China and Korea, prior to 1300 AD. The modern cremation process, as we know it today, began to take shape in the late 1800s.
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