Stone Age
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
Hearths at Wonderwerk and Gesher Benot Ya'aqov show deliberately maintained fire.
Why it mattered
Cooking unlocked calories, extended the day, warmed the north and centred social life on the hearth.
Stone points bound to wooden shafts, as at Kathu Pan.
Why it mattered
The first composite tools: two materials engineered into something neither could be alone.
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