Mastering fire cleared the way into whole new worlds for early humans – from accessing more nutrients through cooking (fueling an increase in brain size), to making the dark hours useful, and surviving migrations into harsher climates.
fragments of burnt material
Identifying fire at archaeological sites usually relies on visual clues like soil reddening, discoloration, warping, cracking, and shrinking of materials. Archeologist Zane Stepka from the Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science in Israel and colleagues used this 'thermometer' on flint artifacts from a site in Israel, dated to between 1.0 and 0.8 million years ago.
flames to help flush out prey. But if these fires are indeed being confined to campsites, this suggests otherwise.evidence of fire