On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 01:48:55 -0500, Mark Labbee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sheryl
>
>Could you supply your references for use of fire by the genus homo?
I'm interested in Sheryl's data too, here is mine:
"more recent data from reddened areas at Cheso-
wanja (Harris and Gowlett 1980 )and Koobi Fora (Harris
1978 )indicate the control of fire by African H.erectus .
Thermal and paleomagnetic data suggest that the red-
dened patches at Koobi Fora (from around 1 .6 million
years ago)represent repeatedly used hearths (Bellomo
1994 ).At Swartkrans,burned bones are associated with
hominid artifacts at around this time as well (Brain
1993 ).This suggests that the control of fire arose with
H.erectus. "
Amadeus