A moment of silence came to pass, coordinated to the microsecond, across a distance of a light day. At the same time, the transmission of the live event began to emanate from its location. For some these 2 moments seemed simultaneous. For others it would take the full Earth day for the signal to march its way out to their position. Those furthest out would experience this Earth day lag, but not for many years.

It was an important event to this civilization. It was a testament to their progress and past. They knew, even if they could not trace their lineage to this person, that they all were born from humans like this. The funeral of the last organic human was an occasion to witness.

Their name had been Priya Li. Priya had grown up in a time remembered for difficulty for the human species. The environment that had nurtured their society began to falter from their appetite. There were struggles, wars, disease, and death. But humanity, society, and knowledge had managed to cling to survival. The race that emerged managed to make great advances in adapting themselves to this new world. Priya would benefit from the fruit of their progress. They would live nearly half a millennium.

That was impressive, even for a modified organic. But ultimately a risk that all other entities had long left behind. Transhumanism had paved the way to hybrid and then full synthetic existence. It ushered in an incredible era of exploration that flung colonies beyond the solar system and left behind the notion of the genus, Homo.

Despite the opportunity to join in this new metamorphosis, Priya had been one of a few humans who had elected to stay close to their prior form. In an interview late into life, Priya had expressed two notions for this decision. The first was a feeling of connection to the predecessors, their way of life, and their struggle. The second was that death was a symbolic act of life and had expressive value in this new age of eternity.

Of course, many thought this antiquated, short sighted, or needless waste. But no entity could deny that they didn't mark the event in their minds.

And so the last of the species was interned into the Earth that bore them.