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In African cave, Israeli, international scientists find signs of earliest use of fire
Israeli and international scientists discovered evidence of intentional fire use in the Wonderwerk Cave, with burns on fossilized bones indicating humans may have used fire as early as 1.8 million years ago, pushing back the previous estimate of 1 million years.
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