Study Could Extinguish Theory on When Fire Was First Tamed From: The Washington Post | Date: July 10, 1998| Author: Joby Warrick | Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Evidence from an ancient Chinese cave has cast doubt on prevailing theories about the taming of fire by human ancestors, suggesting that the epochal achievement occurred much later than scientists have long believed.

The findings, if confirmed, could rewrite 60 years of anthropology textbooks and reshape the modern view of Homo erectus, the presumed ancestor of today's humans who was believed to have used fire to sustain migration into the colder regions of Europe and Asia.

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