Scientists identify the earliest evidence of human

Scientists have uncovered what may be the oldest proof that ancient humans could ignite their own fires. The discovery comes from a reddish patch of sediment buried in an old clay pit in Barnham, a quiet spot in southern England, where researchers now believe a hearth once burned at least 400,000 years ago. The finding, published in the journal Nature, pushes back the timeline of controlled fire-making by roughly 350,000 years, the Washington Post reported. Why early fire-making matters for human evolution

The potential to create fire on demand sits at the heart of several long-standing mysteries in human evolution. Fire could soften and cook food, making calories easier to absorb. That change may have supported the growth of larger brains that demanded more energy. Firelight might also h