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- Clues That Neanderthals Didn't Know How to Make Fire (2017) https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-first-fire/515427/ 104 comments
- Clues That Neanderthals Didn't Know How to Make Fire https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-first-fire/515427/ 3 comments science
- Neanderthal man knew how to *make* a fire. It was already known that Neanderthals used fire but it was mostly thought to have occurred by natural causes such as lightning or volcanic eruptions, although perhaps they did know techniques for creating a flame. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-28342-9 8 comments science