Scientists have found what is considered the most ancient left-overs of early-humans creating fires to live National Monitor reported Tuesday.
Scientists in Israel came across a consistent amount of the tactic in the Qesem Cave by what is now Rosh Ha'ayin the National Monitor reported.
"These findings help us to fix an important turning point in the development of human culture - that in which humans first began to regularly use fire both for cooking meat and as a focal point - a sort of campfire - for social gatherings," Dr. Ruth Shahack-Gross, a researcher told National Monitor. "They also tell us something about the impressive levels of social and cognitive development of humans living some 300,000 years ago," Shahack-Gross told National Monitor.
"The best match for these teeth are those from the Skhul and Qafzeh caves in northern Israel, which date later [to between 80,000 and 120,000 years ago] and which are generally thought to be modern humans of sorts," Avi Gopher, a researcher told the science journal Nature National Monitor reported.
Archaeologists located different kinds of tools used for flint rock around the area National Monitor reported. The tools are considered utensils early humans may have used to pierce meat for consumption National Monitor reported. Archaeologists noticed others on the exterior of the cave which were meant for other tasks. Charred bones also indicate early humans used fire to grill meat.
Early humans categorized the area of the cave based on what they were doing. These included eating, sleeping, and socializing in what is a different concept than what is normally found in homes today according to National Monitor.
Small bone parts lead scientists to believe early humans also had and used a fireplace on the site National Monitor reported. Shahack-Gross also dug up solid ash pieces indicating inhabitants used the fireplace over and over.
