A groundbreaking discovery in Barnham, UK, has revealed the earliest evidence of humans using tools to create fire, dating back over 400,000 years. Published in Nature, this study sheds new light on a ...

Deliberate fire-making by humans in the UK may date to more than 400,000 years ago, according to evidence described in Nature this week. The discovery of baked sediments, heat-shattered flint axes and ...

A team of UK researchers led by the British Museum say they have uncovered evidence that humans made fire around 400,000 years ago, pointing to fire-making tools and materials found in a field in ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence in the UK of fire-making by early humans 400,000 years ago — 350,000 years earlier than previous records. The researchers found clay that had been burned ...

A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and manage fire about 400,000 years ago. The findings, published in Nature, ...

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