Sophisticated fire use revealed in Ice Age hearths from Ukraine

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2025

Whether to cook food, stay warm, craft tools, or provide light, fire was vital for Ice Age humans. Yet despite its presumed ubiquity, archaeological traces of fire from the coldest part of the last Ice Age remain surprisingly scarce. A research team led by the University of Algarve and the University of Vienna has now uncovered new evidence of deliberate fire use by Ice Age hunter-gatherers at a