Ancient humans were 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 rewrites our evolutionary story, pushing fire-making back by more than 350,000 years. Baked earth, heat-scarred tools and the world’s first Stone Age lighter reveal how early humans mastered fire, unlocking warmth, cooked food, growing brains and the beginnings of language.
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.
Archaeologist Gerrit Dusseldorp can be heard talking about this discovery on Radio 1 (Dutch).