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Human evolution Intelligent Design

Humans 200,000 years ago made beds of ash and grass

Some of the ash was from camphor wood, a medicinal herb. They must have known how to control fire if they had easy access to ash. Like the Neanderthals, they get smarter with each cycle of papers.

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