This study is lit. Scientists have discovered charred animal remains in South Africa that are up to 1.8 million years old, potentially pushing back the timeline of human fire use by hundreds of thousands of years, per a hot new study in the journal PLOS One. The researchers happened upon the revelatory find during an investigation of South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave, a repository that has harbored a treasure trove of prehistoric artifacts from stone tools to rock art. While exploring an older