7 search results for “fire use” in the Public website
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Fire use in human evolution: A genetic approach
Are traces of fire use detectable in ancient hominin genomes?
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Aitor Burguet-Coca
Faculteit Archeologie
a.burguet-coca@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Wil Roebroeks
Faculteit Archeologie
j.w.m.roebroeks@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Burning the land
A global synthesis of the extent, diversity and patterns in off-site fire use by historically documented and current hunter-gatherers with the remit of this study in the deeper past.
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New technique makes it easier to determine how our ancestors used fire
The use of fire can tell us a lot about human evolution. Archaeologist Femke Reidsma has developed a more accurate technique to identify how our ancestors used fire. Existing archaeological studies will need to be revised. Reidsma’s study was published in Nature Scientific Reports on 2 November.
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Eduard Pop
Faculteit Archeologie
e.a.l.pop@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Neanderthals changed ecosystems 125,000 years ago
Hunter-gatherers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archaeologists from Leiden University in collaboration with other researchers. Neanderthals used fire to keep the landscape open and thus had a big impact on their local environment.…