It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...
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Scientists discover the earliest evidence of human fire-making dating back 400,000 years
A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and ...
A field in eastern England has revealed evidence of the earliest known instance of humans creating and controlling fire, a significant find that archaeologists say illuminates a dramatic turning point ...
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Oldest human fire ever? Scientists just uncovered a shocking trace
Archaeologists working in eastern England say they have found the earliest known traces of humans deliberately kindling fire, ...
Starting a fire is no easy feat, but new research suggests ancient humans were doing it hundreds of thousands of years ago. A new study, published in the journal Nature today, has uncovered the oldest ...
Fragments of iron pyrite, a rock that can be used with flint to make sparks, were found by a 400,000-year-old hearth in eastern Britain. (Jordan Mansfield | Courtesy Pathways to Ancient Britain ...
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