Never mind AI, the internet, or the rocket – it's been argued that the control of fire was the most pivotal technological breakthrough in history. It gave our ancestors protection, the ability to cook food, and a reason to gather, transforming our genus from knuckle-dragging beasts to social creatures. Why do you think the gods were so pissed at Prometheus? Now, the timeline of fire mastery has been rewritten. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Archaeologists believe they have unearthed the earliest-known evidence of controlled fire-making by humans, dating to around 400,000 years ago.

A team of researchers led by the British Museum found the evidence in a field near the village of Barnham in Suffolk, UK. Within the s

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