Burnt animal bones discovered deep inside South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave may represent the oldest known evidence of human fire use. Dating back as far as 1.8 million years, the remains suggest early humans may have learned to control fire hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously believed, potentially reshaping scientists' understanding of one of humanity's most important breakthroughs.

A stunning discovery buried deep inside a cave for 1.8 million years is rewriting the story of human evolution.

Los investigadores han desenterrado huesos de mamíferos quemados con una antigüedad de hasta 1,79 millones de años.

Lo studio, pubblicato sulle pagine di Plos One, si è focalizzato su alcuni resti provenienti dalla grotta di Wonderwerk, in Sudafrica

Burnt animal bones discovered deep inside South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave may represent the oldest known evidence of human fire use. Dating back as far as 1.8 million years, the…

Archäologen haben winzige, angebrannte Knochen von Eulen in Südafrika mit einer neuen Methode untersucht. Sie gehen nun davon aus, dass schon der Homo erectus mit Feuer hantierte.

Archäologen haben winzige, angebrannte Knochen von Eulen in Südafrika mit einer neuen Methode untersucht. Sie gehen nun davon aus, dass schon der Homo erectus mit Feuer hantierte.

An international team in South Africa has pinned the earliest known use of fire by Homo erectus back to between 1.07 and 1.79 million years ago.