790,000 years ago humans made fire

790,000 years ago humans made fire

(http://inextworld.blogspot.com) -In a study of a skull its found that humans make fire nearly 790,000 years ago. Researchers at Israel's discovered that early civilizations learned to light fires.

• In a previous study in 2004 showed that human had been able to control fire but researchers now say that ancient man could actually start fire, rather than relying on natural phenomena such as lightning. That independence helped promoted migration northward.
  


• Archaeologist Nira Alperson Afil said The new data shows there was controlled use of fire and that they were not dependent on natural fires.
  


• Alperson-Afil said the patterns of burned flint found in the same place throughout 12 civilizations was evidence of fire-making ability, though the methods used were unclear. And because the site is located in the Jordan valley -- a key route between Africa and Europe it provides evidence of the human migration.