The presence of pyrite was an unmistakable sign. Striking flint against pyrite nodules creates sparks, and which can be used to start fire. This pushes back the earliest known controlled use of fire ...
At the Caoyangang site in Jiangsu Province, archaeologists made a stunning discovery in an ongoing investigation: the longest and oldest fire-making technology ever uncovered. Until now, ...
Four hundred thousand years ago, near a water hole on grasslands bordering a forest in what is now southern England, a group of Neandertals struck chunks of iron pyrite against flint to create sparks, ...
Archaeologists unearthed a fire-drilling toolset dating back about 7,000 years at an archaeological site in Jiangsu Province in eastern China. The discovery marks the earliest known physical evidence ...
New findings suggest humans mastered fire far earlier than believed, transforming diets, social life, and survival in ancient ...
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Earliest evidence of Neanderthal fire-making found in Suffolk
Is it the case that control of fire by Neanderthals was mastered 350,000 years before the previously believed date? Evidence ...
CAOYANGANG, CHINA—The Global Times reports that archaeologists working at the Caoyangang site in Jiangsu Province unearthed a 7,000-year-old fire-starting kit. It represents the region's earliest ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. FROM CARD: "STEVENSON N.Y. ILLUS. IN ...
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