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Fire As an Engineering Tool of Early Modern Humans

Brown, Kyle S., Marean, Curtis W., Herries, Andy I. R., Jacobs, Zenobia, Tribolo, Chantal, Braun, David, Roberts, David L., Meyer, Michael C., Bernatchez, Jocelyn·2009·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.1175028
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Abstract

Friendly Fire: Hints of the use of more advanced materials by humans, including symbolic marking and jewelry, appear about 75,000 years ago or so in Africa. Brown et al. (p. 859 ; see the Perspective by Webb and Domanski ) now show that these early modern humans were also experimenting with the use of fire for improved processing of materials. Replication experiments and analysis of artifacts suggest that humans in South Africa at this time, and perhaps earlier, systematically heated stone materials, including silcrete to improve its flaking properties in making tools.

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  • At Pinnacle Point, advanced stone tools were engineered using fire to heat-treat raw materials before working them to shape.

    “Meanwhile, at places such as Pinnacle Point, advanced stone tools were engineered using fire to heat-treat raw materials before working them to shape (Brown et al., 2009).”

    From Material Science and the Present and Future of African Archaeology (2023) · cites this paper as Brown et al., 2009

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Authors
Brown, K. S., Marean, C. W., Herries, A. I. R., Jacobs, Z., Tribolo, C., Braun, D., Roberts, D. L., Meyer, M. C., & Bernatchez, J.
Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
2009-08-14
Volume
325
Issue
5942
Pages
859-862
ISSN
  • 0036-8075
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.1175028
Cited by
506
References
2
Language
en

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