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Study finds humans were making fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than once thought (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 4 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/anthropology@mander.xyz

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

humans 50k years ago: we didn't start the fire

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was always burning

[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago

since the world's been turning

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 0 points 4 months ago

And also humans 500k years ago: we didn't start the fire either

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 months ago

Chris Stringer, a human evolution specialist at the Natural History Museum, said fossils from Britain and Spain suggest the inhabitants of Barnham were early Neanderthals whose cranial features and DNA point to growing cognitive and technological sophistication.

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