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When did humans really begin to control fire? It could be 300,000 years ago.
Scientists discovered in the Qesem Cave, an archaeological site near present-day Rosh Ha'ayin, the earliest evidence -- dating to around 300,000 years ago -- of unequivocal repeated fire building over a continuous period. These findings help answer the question and hint that those prehistoric humans already had a highly advanced social structure and intellectual capacity.
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Isn't the earth only about 5000 years old?
No its billions of years old.
Ninja Edit: 4.54 billion years to be exact.