the findings. Findings support that the earliest known controlled use of fire took place in Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa, 1.0-1.79 Mya.

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Findings from Wonderwerk provide the earliest evidence for controlled use of fire. Intact sediments were analyzed using micromorphological analysis. Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy yielded evidence, in the form of burned bones and ashed plant remains, that burning took place at the site 1.0-1.79

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