🔥🪨🕯️ Long before matches and lighters, someone learned to steal fire from stone. New evidence from England hints that hominins were striking sparks 400,000 years ago, far earlier than thought. Red-baked soil and rogue pyrite suggest flame was coaxed, not borrowed. A rare spark in deep time. #AncientFire https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-humans-were-making-fire-350-000-years-earlier-than-scientists/

Earliest fire mastery unlocked! Archaeologists found heated stones in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave, proving early humans controlled fire ~1M years ago, earlier than thought. A key innovation for cooking, warmth, and evolution! History burns brighter.
Read more: https://thedebrief.org/was-this-the-first-fire-archaeologists-unearth-new-evidence-that-could-solve-a-burning-ancient-question/

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