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World Service,10 Sep 1999,13 mins

How our Ancestors Learned to Make and Use Fire

The Million Year March of Humanity

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No other animal on the planet can start a fire. Keeping warm, cooking food and shaping the environment are the three main implications of our species' unique ability to manipulate fire.

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