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Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

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Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 ...

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A new archaeological find pushes back the timeline on when humans mastered the ability to make fires, a transformative ...

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