Earliest known evidence of human fire-making dating back 400,000 years is discovered in the UK [View all]

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Source: Independent

Groundbreaking research has revealed the earliest known evidence of human fire-making in the UK, dating back over 400,000 years.

This discovery, at a disused clay pit near Barnham, Suffolk, pushes the timeline back 350,000 years from the previous record of 50,000 years ago in northern France.

The Barnham site, between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds, yielded fire-cracked flint hand axes and heated sediments.

Crucially, two fragments of iron pyrite – a spark-striking mineral – were also found.

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