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Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

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Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.