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Title
The discovery of fire by humans: a long and convoluted process
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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 371, Issue 1696, Pages 20150164
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The Royal Society
Online
2016-05-24
DOI
10.1098/rstb.2015.0164
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