Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences· 2012Q1

Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape province, South Africa

Francesco Berna, Paul Goldberg, Liora Kolska Horwitz, James S. Brink et al.

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Burned bone and ashed plant remains in Wonderwerk Cave sediments provide the earliest secure evidence of in situ fire use by Acheulean hominins, dating to approximately 1.0 Ma.

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Field: Anthropology

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