Did the first inhabitants of the Caune de l’Arago between 700,000 and 400,000 years BP have domesticated fire? Did they know how to light the fire at will?

This note is a comment to the article “Search for early traces of fire in the Caune de l’Arago at Tautavel (Eastern Pyrenees, France), combining magnetic susceptibility measurements, microscopic observations, and Raman analysis” by Deldicque et al., published online on July 29, 2021, in Comptes Rend...

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Main Author: de Lumley, Henry
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Published: Académie des sciences 2022-01-01
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Online Access:https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.113/
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description This note is a comment to the article “Search for early traces of fire in the Caune de l’Arago at Tautavel (Eastern Pyrenees, France), combining magnetic susceptibility measurements, microscopic observations, and Raman analysis” by Deldicque et al., published online on July 29, 2021, in Comptes Rendus Géoscience in Volume 353, 2021, pages 247-264, https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.66. The authors’ response to this comment has also been published in Comptes Rendus Géoscience in Volume 354, 2022, pages 47-50, https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.114.
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spelling doaj.art-5734dfddd2794085824a5a6ea93ec9bc2023-10-24T14:24:22ZengAcadémie des sciencesComptes Rendus. Géoscience1778-70252022-01-01354G1414510.5802/crgeos.11310.5802/crgeos.113Did the first inhabitants of the Caune de l’Arago between 700,000 and 400,000 years BP have domesticated fire? Did they know how to light the fire at will?de Lumley, Henry0Président de l’Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Fondation Albert Ier Prince de Monaco, 1, rue René Panhard, 75013 Paris, FranceThis note is a comment to the article “Search for early traces of fire in the Caune de l’Arago at Tautavel (Eastern Pyrenees, France), combining magnetic susceptibility measurements, microscopic observations, and Raman analysis” by Deldicque et al., published online on July 29, 2021, in Comptes Rendus Géoscience in Volume 353, 2021, pages 247-264, https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.66. The authors’ response to this comment has also been published in Comptes Rendus Géoscience in Volume 354, 2022, pages 47-50, https://doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.114.https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.113/charcoalCaune de l’Arago caveMagnetic susceptibilityRaman spectroscopyFireMiddle PleistoceneMagnetic minerals
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Did the first inhabitants of the Caune de l’Arago between 700,000 and 400,000 years BP have domesticated fire? Did they know how to light the fire at will?
Comptes Rendus. Géoscience
charcoal
Caune de l’Arago cave
Magnetic susceptibility
Raman spectroscopy
Fire
Middle Pleistocene
Magnetic minerals
title Did the first inhabitants of the Caune de l’Arago between 700,000 and 400,000 years BP have domesticated fire? Did they know how to light the fire at will?
title_full Did the first inhabitants of the Caune de l’Arago between 700,000 and 400,000 years BP have domesticated fire? Did they know how to light the fire at will?
title_fullStr Did the first inhabitants of the Caune de l’Arago between 700,000 and 400,000 years BP have domesticated fire? Did they know how to light the fire at will?
title_full_unstemmed Did the first inhabitants of the Caune de l’Arago between 700,000 and 400,000 years BP have domesticated fire? Did they know how to light the fire at will?
title_short Did the first inhabitants of the Caune de l’Arago between 700,000 and 400,000 years BP have domesticated fire? Did they know how to light the fire at will?
title_sort did the first inhabitants of the caune de l arago between 700 000 and 400 000 years bp have domesticated fire did they know how to light the fire at will
topic charcoal
Caune de l’Arago cave
Magnetic susceptibility
Raman spectroscopy
Fire
Middle Pleistocene
Magnetic minerals
url https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.5802/crgeos.113/
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