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Anthropology

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3. My understanding is that Homo erectus first controlled fire

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Dec 16, 2022, 09:20 AM

Dec 2022

Almost 700,000 years ago (and used naturally occurring fire much earlier).

This predates the existence of both sapiens and naledi by 400,000 years.

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Homo Sapiens May Not Have Been the First Species to Use Fire [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2022 OP

Finding ancient fire use in the Rising Star cave systemThis week my colleague Lee Berger gave a Carn Judi Lynn Dec 2022 #1

it sounds as if they are more confident that the naledi were homo rampartc Dec 2022 #2

My understanding is that Homo erectus first controlled fire if..fish..had..wings Dec 2022 #3

Agree. I was about to say the same thing before I saw your post. wnylib Dec 2022 #4