Early fire use ignites discussion about the evolution of human brainpower

New evidence that early modern humans used fire in southern Africa in a controlled way to increase the quality and efficiency of stone tools is changing how researchers understand the evolution of human behavior, and in particular, the evolution of human brain power. Curtis Marean, a paleoanthropologist with the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University, and an international te

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