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World Service,11 Jun 2002,23 mins

First Technology - pottery

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Humans are the only creatures to have mastered the use of fire. Being able to make fire is one of the earliest human achievements. John Gowlett of the University of Liverpool studies the archaeology of fire, and reveals how the baking of clay materialised.

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