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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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Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

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