Man's Mastery Of Fire 500,000 Years Earlier Than Believed
Monday, October 27, 2008 - 20:42
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The ability to make fire millennia ago was likely a key factor in the migration of prehistoric hominids from Africa into Eurasia, a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology believes on the basis of findings at the Gesher Benot Ya'aqov archaeological site in Israel. read more
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