New study finds earliest example of humans making fire WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom Published December 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM EST Facebook Bluesky Threads LinkedIn Twitter Email Listen • 2:50 A new study suggests humans were deliberately starting and using fires more than 400,000 years ago. NPR’s Nate Rott reports. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright 2025 WBUR