Homo Sapiens May Not Have Been the First Species to Use Fire

[Judi Lynn]

By
James Ssengendo
December 9, 2022

New emerging evidence discovered in South Africa nullifies prior suggestions indicating that homo sapiens were the first species to use fire.

Analysis of fossil remains unearthed from the Rising Star Cave system in South Africa indicates that Homo naledi, an extinct species of hominid, actually built fires in the underground chambers.

The same Dinaledi underground chamber has now been found to have housed controlled fires, thought to be lit and fed by the ancient hominins.

The discovery was announced on December 1st at a lecture given by National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Professor Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg at Carnegie Institution of Science in Washington.

“We are fairly confident to formulate the hypothesis that this small-brained hominid, Homo naledi, that existed at the same time we believe Homo sapiens were sharing parts of Africa, was using fire for a variety of purposes,” he said.

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