Neanderthals were actually making fire 400,000 years ago

Neanderthals were actually making fire 400,000 years ago

The ability to make fire on demand has long been seen as a turning point in our evolutionary story. It unlocked benefits like cooking food, staying warm, and protection from predators. For thousands of years, our ancestors progressed from scavenging flames around wildfires to tending them and, eventually, sparking them deliberately.Continue ReadingCategory: History, ScienceTags: Fire, Archeology, Neanderthal, British Museum, History, Evolution