{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Humans were making fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, study finds","publication_date":"December 10, 2025","summary":"LONDON (AP) \u2014 Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is now eastern England around 400,000 years ago. The findings, described in the journal Nature, push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by...","author_name":"By Mustakim Hasnath, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2025\/12\/594038d140742c3d97a43e8eeb08fb6c-2012-10-12T120000Z_170777381_GM1E8AD09J301_RTRMADP_3_FRANCE-LASCAUX-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}