Make sure your seatbelt is securely tightened, because this month we're travelling back in time our furthest yet! Matilda is joined by fire expert Femke Reidsma, to talk all about how this essential tool was made and used by our ancient human ancestors. How can you recognise an ancient hearth? Why is it so important to study the first use of fire? When was the first portable lighter? And what exactly is matcha? Tune in to hear the answer to all these questions and more!

Transcripts

For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/teabreak/15

Links

• ResearchGate (where PDFs of all my Femke’s papers can be requested):
• Hearths Paper
• Neanderthal fire making evidence paper
• Fire hawks paper
• Paper on the calming effect of fire
• Fire chronology in Europe 

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