Early humans first used fire to preserve meat from predators and spoilage, rather than for cooking, new research shows.

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Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow ...

According to the researchers, early humans, who primarily consumed large game, required fire not for cooking, but in order to ...

Prof. Ran Barkai holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy. Did prehistoric humans know that ...

Over 6,000 fossils have been recovered from the ocean floor, including bones of the extinct human ancestor species, Homo erectus. This discovery suggests that there was an unknown population of ...

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