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		<title>400,000-year-old Neanderthal Fire-Making Technology</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rob Davis explains how excavations by the British Museum at Barnham, Suffolk, have uncovered evidence for arguably the most important innovation in human history, the ability to make fire.  Looking back through history and prehistory, it is clear how fundamental fire has been to the development of human civilisation. Great changes in human existence have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Quest for Fire</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nick Ashton explains how four years of forensic investigations at Barnham in Suffolk demonstrate the world’s oldest evidence of making fire at 400,000 years ago. Discovery The first inkling that I had of something unusual was a small patch of reddened clay, almost terracotta in colour. It was a sunny afternoon in June 2021, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Big Puzzle: the refitting of a burnt handaxe from Barnham</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[British Museum volunteers Xin Ding and Steve Barlin, and PAB member Dr Claire Lucas relate how they identified the first fire-cracked handaxe from Barnham while refitting heat shattered stones. When we think about archaeological discoveries, we first think of the amazing objects and structures that immediately stand out as they are being unearthed by the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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