Study dates South Africa cave fire use to 1.8 million years (opens in new tab)

A new study places evidence for early human fire use at South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave at about 1.8 million years ago, pushing the timeline back by almost a million years. The evidence centers on burned bones found deep inside the cave, in a location Der Standard described as beyond the reach of ordinary bushfires. Haaretz and Der Standard said the evidence suggests early hominins probably brought fire into the cave, though Haaretz reported that researchers still do not know why. Der Standard...