ID: 901001993 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001993	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Discovery of fire (1,000,000 before present)

Note: Evidence of the controlled use of fire is associated with human ancestor Homo erectus in the Lower Paleolithic.

Display Date: 1,000,000 before present

Names:

	Discovery of fire (1,000,000 before present) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Controlled use of fire (1,000,000 before present) (c,English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Prehistoric events> (P)
		........Discovery of fire (1,000,000 before present) (P)

Related Iconography:

	creator is .... Prometheus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Prometheus (Greek deity)) [901000734]

Other Relationships:

	affiliated/associated with .... fire (event)
	.....(events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Homo erectus (extinct species)
	.....(Homo (genus), Hominidae (family), Hominoidea (superfamily), Primates (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Discovery of fire (1,000,000 before present)
	................Sahara: Prehistory and History (1988-)
	................Evidence of Humans Cooking with Fire, Discover Magazine (2013)
	Controlled use of fire (1,000,000 before present)
	................Evidence of Humans Cooking with Fire, Discover Magazine (2013)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Evidence of Humans Cooking with Fire, Discover Magazine (2013)