Wonderwerk Cave bones reveal possible fire use by human ancestors 1.79 million years ago

The discovery of fire was a major milestone in human evolution, giving our ancestors a way to stay warm, ward off predators, ...
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Timeline of human’s discovery of fire shattered with 400,000-year-old revelation

Scientists recently discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans — and it’s far older than scholars previously believed. The study, which was published in the ...
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'It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career': Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England

Neanderthals were the world's first innovators of fire technology, tiny specks of evidence in England suggest. Flecks of pyrite found at a more than 400,000-year-old archaeological site in Suffolk, in ...