
Scientists shatter timeline of human fire-making with 400,000-year-old discovery in England
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Groundbreaking archaeological discovery pushes back earliest evidence of human fire-making by 350,000 years to 400,000 years ago in ancient England site.
"[It's] the most exciting discovery of my long 40-year career." Andrea Margolis is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can follow her on X at @andreamargs or send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
Although the Paleolithic spans from about 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago, the newly uncovered evidence is dated to roughly 400,000 years ago.
Until now, the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making dated to about 50,000 years ago in northern France, which makes the new discovery a major chronological shift.

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