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, ...

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 ...

Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

Earliest evidence of human fire-making found at 400,000-year-old Suffolk site

Earliest evidence of human fire-making found at 400,000-year-old Suffolk site. Researchers led by the British Museum have uncovered what they believe is the earliest known evidence of humans making ...

Oldest evidence of human fire-making unearthed in Britain

NICK ASHTON: We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. ROTT: Which would make the site ...
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Could These 400,000-Year-Old Rock Fragments Be the Oldest Known Evidence of Human Fire-Making?

Evidence from a site in southeast England suggests early humans were purposefully and repeatedly igniting blazes roughly ...

Oldest evidence of human fire-making discovered at site in England

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - ...