Scientists find scorched bones deep inside South African cave, suggesting early humans tended fire nearly 1.8 million years ago
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"Scientists find scorched bones deep inside South African cave, suggesting early humans tended fire nearly 1.8 million years ago" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Discover Magazine, New York Post, Interesting Engineering and IFLScience. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 22d ago.
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Coverage (5)
- Cave-Dwelling Homo Erectus May Have Burned Owl Pellet Remains Nearly 1.8 Million Years Ago Discover Magazine · 46d ago
- Humans may have discovered fire hundreds of thousands of years before previously thought: new research New York Post · 46d ago
- New study finds hominids used fire 700,000 years earlier than previously recorded Interesting Engineering · 46d ago
- Earliest Evidence For Fire Use Suggests Homo Erectus May Have Transported Flames 1.79 Million Years Ago IFLScience · 46d ago
- Scientists find scorched bones deep inside South African cave, suggesting early humans tended fire nearly 1.8 million years ago Yahoo · 46d ago
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