Use of fire considerably pre-dates H. sapiens, with anthropological evidence dating to 1.7 -- 2 million years ago. Sapiens diverged from common ancestors about

Use of fire considerably pre-dates H. sapiens, with anthropological evidence dating to 1.7 -- 2 million years ago. Sapiens diverged from common ancestors about 600,000 years ago. "We" (Homo sapiens) did not invent fire. Our predecessor species were already using it. Firestarting is harder to pin down and may be within the scope of homo evolution. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_of_fire_by_early_humans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_of_fire_by_early_human...> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human#Evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human#Evolution>