title: Evidence of hominin control of fire at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel.
abstract: The presence of burned seeds, wood, and flint at the Acheulian site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov in Israel is suggestive of the control of fire by humans nearly 790,000 years ago. The distribution of the site's small burned flint fragments suggests that burning occurred in specific spots, possibly indicating hearth locations. Wood of six taxa was burned at the site, at least three of which are edible--live, wild barley, and wild grape.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. goren@cc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Naama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goren-Inbar
authors.forename: Nira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alperson
authors.forename: Mordechai E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kislev
authors.forename: Orit
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Simchoni
authors.forename: Yoel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Melamed
authors.forename: Adi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben-Nun
authors.forename: Ella
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Werker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001106:Archaeology; D002523:Edible Grain; D005390:Fires; D031661:Fraxinus; D005638:Fruit; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D031658:Olea; D006109:Poaceae; D012639:Seeds; D014934:Wood