Earliest evidence of making fire

2025/12/10 by R. J. Davis, Rob Davis, Marcus Hatch +15 · 1 voice · 7 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

paper · doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09855-6

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