Ancient humans may have been making fire 350.000 years earlier than previously thought
Buried beneath a Suffolk forest, archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known human-made fire. A fire that was sparked 400,000 years ago. This stunning UK discovery may rewrite our evolutionary story, potentially pushing fire-making back by more than 350,000 years.
You can read about the discovery on news outlets such as BBC News, The New York Times, The Gaurdian, CNN, Al Jazeera, NOS (Dutch) and many more.
Leiden archaeoligists Marie Soressi and Gerrit Dusseldorp were both interviewed on the discovery. Marie Soressi by ScienceNews, and Gerrit Dusseldorp on Radio 1 (in Dutch).