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Carbon record reveals evidence of extensive human fire use 50,000 years ago (phys.org)

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[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

IIRC the leading hypothesis is humans discovered how to make fire before we were "human." Or in other words, we were more like chimps and bonobos when we discovered fire. It may have been what led us down the path we are on.

[–] bettyschwing@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I read ~~theory~~ scientific papers

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