Scientists shatter timeline of human fire-making with 400,000-year-old discovery in England

The earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans was discovered at 400,000-year-old site in Barnham, England, ...

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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...

Scientists Discovered the Oldest Evidence of Human-Made Fire

Starting a fire led to advancements such as cooking, which unlocked nutrients that improved the size and cognition of the ...
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Earliest evidence of human fire starters unearthed

Early humans may have created fire 400,000 years ago, according to evidence unearthed at an archaeological site in England. Although there is evidence that early humans used natural fire in Africa 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 ...