This could be the oldest evidence of fire-making

National Geographic·Dec 10

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Archaeologists have found evidence of fire-making at a site that is reportedly around 400,000 years old, which could be the oldest evidence of this ability. However, the age of the evidence is not universally agreed upon, with some reports suggesting it may indicate that humans made fire nearly 1.8 million years ago. The discovery was made at a site in England and has sparked new questions about human evolution.

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