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Engineer claims he found the Garden of Eden and maps the spot

The hunt for the Garden of Eden has usually belonged to theologians and dreamers, not software coders. Yet a computer ...
Natural History Museum

Earliest fire-making dating back 400,000 years unearthed in Suffolk, England

The presence of pyrite was an unmistakable sign. Striking flint against pyrite nodules creates sparks, and which can be used to start fire. This pushes back the earliest known controlled use of fire ...
Nature

Neanderthals mastered fire — 400,000 years ago

Archaeological evidence makes a compelling case for Neanderthal-created fires 400,000 years ago in Suffolk, UK — plus, how ...

This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

This could be the oldest evidence of fire-making

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.
Scientific American

Ancient Humans Were Making Fire 350,000 Years Earlier Than Scientists Realized

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Humans discovered fire-making in Britain! Flint tools found in Suffolk reveal our ancient ancestors created their own flames 400,000 years ago

A team of scientists led by the British Museum have unearthed the earliest known evidence of fire making, dating back over ...
Smithsonian Institution

Ancient Manatee Relative Reveals That Sea Cows Have Engineered the Arabian Gulf’s Seagrass Ecosystems for Over 20 Million Years

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...