I learned today how long our bones — or rather descendents uncremated bones — can hang around. Like 3.3 million years long according to scientists who located a skull from a species of ape-man called Australopithecus afarensis. I’ll wait while you check that link out too. Halloween comes early.

The discovery should fuel a contentious debate about whether this species, which walked upright, also climbed and moved through trees easily like an ape. The remains are 3.3 million years old, making them the oldest known skeleton of such a youthful human ancestor.

Forget the debate over whether or not we evolved from ape, who wants their skull being used as some dark, futuristic football? Maybe I’ve watched one too many Terminator sequels, but this seems like another checkmark in the why ‘cremation makes sense’ column.