If non-Homo Sapiens like Neanderthals and the more primitive Homo-Erectus learned how to control fire, I am beginning to wonder if Homo Sapiens actually figured

If non-Homo Sapiens like Neanderthals and the more primitive Homo-Erectus learned how to control fire, I am beginning to wonder if Homo Sapiens actually figured it out on their own given the fact that there is now mounting evidence that we co-existed with a handful of these early hominids for several millennia.