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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 history, archaeologists think, early humans could only make use of fire when one started naturally, like when lightning struck a tree. They could gather burning materials, move them and sustain them. But they couldn't start a fire on their own.

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fromwww.independent.co.uk

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Study finds humans were making fire far earlier than we first thought

Earliest direct evidence shows controlled human fire-making in the UK over 400,000 years ago, including tools, heated sediments, and transported pyrite.

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fromArs Technica

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This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires

Neanderthals created and controlled fire about 400,000 years ago at Barnham, England, evidenced by heated clay, fire-cracked stone, and pyrite.

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

Study finds humans were making fire far earlier than we first thought

This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires

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