fire
Finding ancient fire use in the Rising Star cave system
The study of the underground landscape enters a new phase with evidence of charcoal and burned animal bone in deep chambers.
![A piece of charcoal upon a brown surface with tiny rodent bones visible](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/12/Charcoal-from-Rising-Star-Chamber.jpg)
Did humans colonize the northern latitudes without fire?
An article by Wil Roebroeks and Paola Villa argues that fire was not present in Europe before 400,000 years ago.