New York Post·3 min read·medium
Humans may have used fire hundreds of thousands of years earlier
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Scientists have discovered 1.8 million-year-old charred animal remains in South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave. This finding suggests that early humans may have mastered fire significantly earlier than previously recorded.
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Pushing back the timeline of fire usage changes our understanding of human evolution, brain development, and the social structures of early hominins.
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The article reports on archaeological findings based on a published study.
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