Charcoal Analysis Suggests Any Wood Would Do for Early Hominins
Transverse section of a fragment of charcoal ash observed under an environmental scanning electron microscope JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—Analysis of charcoal found at the site of Gesher Benot Ya’aqov in northern Israel shows that early hominins used readily available tree species for firewood, according to a statement released by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For tens of…









