Did humans master fire much earlier than we once believed?
In short: New evidence is rewriting human history, pushing the timeline of fire-making technology back by hundreds of thousands of years. This video explores the groundbreaking discovery that challenges our understanding of ancient human capability.
Join John Harding as he meets the researchers, including Sally Hoare and the University of Liverpool team, to examine the evidence behind a major chronological shift. While fire-making was previously thought to date to 50,000 years ago, recent findings suggest humans possessed the technology to control fire as far back as 400,000 years ago.
The presentation details the specific location of the discovery and the physical evidence that confirms human-made fire, highlighting why this control of fire represents a pivotal moment in our shared evolutionary past.
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