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Bower, Bruce (2009) Humans: Fire engineers of the stone age: Africans heated stones for toolmaking 72,000 years ago. Science News, 176. 15 doi:10.1002/scin.5591760623

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TitleHumans: Fire engineers of the stone age: Africans heated stones for toolmaking 72,000 years ago
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Year2009 (October 9)Volume176
PublisherWiley
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