Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the earliest fire-making, dating back 400,000 years, in Suffolk, England. The mastery of fire was long considered the exclusive hallmark of modern humans, Homo sapiens.

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, Suffolk county.

Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.

Discovery in Suffolk dates back 400,000 years, pushing timeline for controlled fire-making back by at least 360,000 years - Anadolu Ajansı

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival traits.

For decades, a neat story about human origins has floated through textbooks and documentaries: modern humans emerged in East Africa, then spread south later. It’s clean, familiar, and easy to repeat.

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British Museum,

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(CN) — Step aside, Bob the Builder — ancient human relatives have been collecting stone materials to build personal toolkits for as long as 2.6 million years, scientists said Friday. Known collectively as the Oldowan toolkit, these collections of ...