TIL Neanderthals may have been making fire 400,000 years ago

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Green knowledge to go: British researchers discover an ancient stone age fireplace, which proves that the Neanderthals already dominated the art of firemaking 400,000 years ago, light, warmth, cooked food and protection from wild animals: the use of fire was a decisive step in the evolution of mankind. Apparently, people learned how to handle the flames much earlier than previously assumed. The oldest fireplace so far is from a 50,000-year-old N…