This is 390,000 years before God created the Earth, which makes it even more impressive
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Reminds me of a joke that sounds like it came from either disc world or hitchhikers guide, but I don't know the source. God created the world 6,000 years before present, this was very annoying to the Egyptians, Sumerians, and Chinese since it disrupted their civilizations for a couple of days. Also. In the beginning god created light, he then had an arrow shot at him by some very blinded humans from Egypt.
Don’t forget light and darkness.
It's important to note that they are not talking about humans as we understand the term generally, Homo sapiens, but genus Homo, which started back in the H.habilis days.
We're all species, in the Homo.
They love you when you're keeping the fire.
Read this at lunch today! Very convincing evidence.
Rob Davis, a Paleolithic archaeologist at the British Museum, said the combination of high temperatures, controlled burning and pyrite fragments shows “how they were actually making the fire and the fact they were making it.”
Iron pyrite does not occur naturally at Barnham. Its presence suggests the people who lived there deliberately collected it because they understood its properties and could use it to ignite tinder.
I’m way more interested that they were apparently also making thumb tacks.
scientists were wrong, say scientists
I mean... that's the entire point of science
it's far more honorable to admit your mistakes then gaslighting everyone into believing you were right all along.
you should try it sometime. I think this would be the perfect opportunity.