Did Australopithecus Afarensis Use Fire?

There is no evidence to suggest that any species of the Australopithecus genus developed control of fire. This means that these species probably ate...

How did Australopithecus make fire?

Evidence at Zhoukoudian cave in China suggests control of fire as early as 460,000 to 230,000 BP. Fire in Zhoukoudian is suggested by the presence of burned bones, burned chipped-stone artifacts, charcoal, ash, and hearths alongside H. erectus fossils in Layer 10, the earliest archaeological horizon at the site.

What tools did the Australopithecus afarensis use?

The bones are about 3.4 million years old and provide the first evidence that Australopithecus afarensis used stone tools and consumed meat. The evolutionary stories of the Swiss Army Knife and the Big Mac just got a lot longer.