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For the First Time Ever, Scientists Find Fire Sparks from 1.8 Million Years Ago!
Photo: Bruno van der Kraan / Unsplash
Deep inside an ancient cave, researchers found old dirt showing that our early human relatives were using fire much earlier than we ever thought! This incredible discovery pushes back the first known use of fire by a whopping 800,000 years. Can you imagine sitting around a campfire nearly two million years ago?
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