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Humans apparently started using fire as part of their daily routine only 350,000 to 320,000 years ago during the Middle Pleistocene period, according to new findings using flint debris found in a cave in Israel.
The study supports evidence of the discovery of fire by humans one million years ago
Shimelmitz from the University of Haifa inspected flints or stone tools and its debris from rock deposits inside the Tabun Cave high up on limestone cliffs located in Mount Carmel, northern Israel.
Researchers said this cave was inhabited by humans for at least 500,000 years. The findings in the cave allowed scientists to make an intensive analysis of the evolution of the use of fire.
Read more: http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/...sing-fire-350-000-years-ago.htm#ixzz3Lsyx5oOX
The study supports evidence of the discovery of fire by humans one million years ago
Shimelmitz from the University of Haifa inspected flints or stone tools and its debris from rock deposits inside the Tabun Cave high up on limestone cliffs located in Mount Carmel, northern Israel.
Researchers said this cave was inhabited by humans for at least 500,000 years. The findings in the cave allowed scientists to make an intensive analysis of the evolution of the use of fire.
Read more: http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/...sing-fire-350-000-years-ago.htm#ixzz3Lsyx5oOX
