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Park official says Yosemite wildfire considered 'human-start fire'

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — National park officials in California believe that a wildfire that's been burning for a week in Yosemite National Park may have been caused by humans. The wildfire ...
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Earliest evidence of human fire starters unearthed

Early humans may have created fire 400,000 years ago, according to evidence unearthed at an archaeological site in England. Although there is evidence that early humans used natural fire in Africa as ...
NPR

Oldest evidence of human fire-making unearthed in Britain

Billy Joel famously sang, we didn't start the fire - it was always burning since the world's been turning. But that's not entirely true. Humans do start fires to cook, to heat, to gather around.
NPR

Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest evidence of humans making fire

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...