Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than believed, archaeological study finds

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

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, ...

Earliest proof of humans making fire is found in the

Painstaking analysis of discoveries at a prehistoric site in Suffolk shows humans started making fire hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
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Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest evidence of humans making fire

Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery moves our... Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest ...
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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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Humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, study finds

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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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 ...