Ancient Campfire Evidence Pushes Back History Of Human Fire Use By Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years
Chemical analysis of charred bones suggests hominins used fire repeatedly and may have brought it into the cave from natural sources.
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Ancient Campfire Evidence Pushes Back History Of Human Fire Use By Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years
A cave in South Africa has become one of the most important sites for studying early human fire use, and now scientists have pushed that record back even further by making ancient bones glow. The post Ancient Campfire Evidence Pushes Back History Of Human Fire Use By Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years appeared first on StudyFinds.
Already about 1.7 million years ago, early humans transported gluten from natural fires to a cave and thus sparked fire, as finds in South Africa prove
New research finds early humans first used fire over one million years ago
Fire leaves behind a simple story when it is fresh. Ash settles, bones blacken, wood chars. Over a million years later, that story becomes much harder to read. In South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave, researchers now say some of the oldest traces of fire linked to early humans reach back between 1.07 and 1.79 million years. That pushes the timeline deeper into the Early Acheulean and strengthens the case that hominins were not merely encountering wild…
Discoveries Suggest Early Humans Used Fire as Early as 1.8 Million Years Ago
Researchers suggest that early human ancestors, specifically Homo erectus, date back approximately 1.79 million years, coinciding with the intentional use of fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave. Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa. Image credit: Michael Chazan. Wonderwerk Cave is situated 60 km south of Kulman in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province. This significant site has revealed [...] The post Discoveries Suggest Early Humans Used Fire as Ea…
Evidence of Fire Use by Early Humans May Date Back Nearly 1.8 Million Years
Scientists have uncovered compelling new evidence that early human ancestors, likely Homo erectus, were deliberately bringing fire into Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa as far back as 1.79 million years ago. The post Evidence of Fire Use by Early Humans May Date Back Nearly 1.8 Million Years appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
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