300,000-year-old hearth found: Microscopic evidence shows repeated fire use in one spot over time

When did humans really begin to control fire and use it for their daily needs? Scientists discovered in the Qesem Cave, an archaeological site near present-day Rosh Ha'ayin, the earliest evidence -- dating to around 300,000 years ago -- of unequivocal repeated fire building over a continuous period. These findings help answer the question and hint that those prehistoric humans already had a highly advanced social structure and intellectual capacity.http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/l...