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Qesem Cave

Cave near Kafr Qasim, central Israel, with early evidence of habitual repeated fire use and blade-tool technology from the late Lower Palaeolithic.

Dated events and their evidence

• about 418,000 years ago mainstream
  Blade-tool technology present in occupation layers beginning around this time source
• about 298,000 years ago mainstream
  Central hearth with thick ash layers and burnt bone shows habitual, repeated fire use source

Where

32.1100° N, 34.9800° E

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01718
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qesem_Cave

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