This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires

We didn't start the fire. (Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.)

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[BrangdonJ]

Great, all we needed was the British thinking they invented fire.

As a British person, it was strange seeing this on the BBC news. They did present it like we were the first, rather than merely the first found, which seemed unlikely.

 

[BrangdonJ]

Fast forward to today. Do you have any fire starting items in your go bag?

Never mind my go bag, I have two fire starting items in my pockets. One is a tiny flint lighter, the other is a ferro rod and scraper. Also chord, several sources of light, a couple of knives and other tools.

In my view mastery of fire is one of the things which distinguishes us from animals, so if you don't have the wherewithal to start a fire, are you even human?