US EditionStudy Finds Humans Were Making Fire 400,000 Years Ago, Far Earlier than Once Thought
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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 now eastern England around 400,000 years ago.
People owned the art of making fire 400,000 years ago, almost 350,000 years earlier than it was believed earlier, according to a revolutionary discovery made in a camp in Suffolk.
The ability of humans to create fire was a significant change in the history of the evolution of our species. Controlled use of this element was key to our survival and expansion around the world, although until now it was a challenge for researchers to determine when and how the use of fire by humans evolved. A new finding now rewrites the chronology about when it was the first time that fire was created, after discovering in England the first …
MADRID. – It is not the fire, nor its ashes, but it is the lighter that lit it. Scientists from the United Kingdom have found the remains of the oldest bonfire lit by humans. It was made about 400,000 years ago in Barnham, southeast of England, when a person crashed a piece of flint and another piece of pyrite to draw sparks and make flames, according to his hypothesis. It was only a gesture, but it is a revolution, because it would be the first…
A finding in England reveals the first clear proof of deliberate burning of fire and forces to rewrite the story The post Humans controlled the fire long before what was thought first appeared on Junior Report.
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