Cave discovery pushes back evidence of human ancestors using fire to 1.79M years ago

Researchers believe they've uncovered ancient evidence that early human ancestors used fire in an African cave — pushing back the timeline by hundreds of thousands of years. The discovery, made at a cave in South Africa called Wonderwerk Cave, was announced in a June 24 press release from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Wonderwerk Cave is located in South Africa's Kalahari Desert, roughly 90 miles from the Botswana border. ANCIENT HANDPRINTS SUGGEST HUMANS WERE THINKING SYMBOLICALLY THOUSAND