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Scientists have uncovered new evidence that early human ancestors were using fire in South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave between 1.07 and 1.79 million years ago. The discovery pushes back one of the earliest known records of fire use linked to hominins and offers fresh clues about how our ancestors first learned to harness fire.
Using a newly developed technique that can detect signs of burning in fossilized bones, researchers identified repeated evidence of fire d...
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