Scientists: Humans made fire far earlier than thought
December 11, 2025
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as posted by the channelScientists in the U.K. say they have found evidence of humans making fire far earlier than previously thought.
Archaeologists working at a site in what's now Eastern England say they found signs of deliberate fire making going back 400,000 years. Before that, the earliest known evidence of humans making fires dated back just 50,000 years, a 350,000-year difference.
The findings were published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers say they could have a significant effect on what we know about human evolution.
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