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Scientists discovered evidence of fire-making by early humans nearly 400,000 years ago

Fire sits at the center of how people think about being human, yet its beginnings stay oddly vague. Most readers carry a hazy ...
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Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...
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Did Neanderthals Forget How To Make Fire?

S ome groups of European Neanderthals may have lost the ability to make fire during the colder periods of their existence. As ...
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Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest evidence of humans making fire

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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Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest evidence of humans making fire

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 ...