# How (and when) did humans first make fire

When is the last time you made a fire? Not light a candle with a match, but an actual fire from scratch. Thousands of years ago, humans already made fire. Archaeologist Andrew Sorensen (Leiden University) explains when and how they did this.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2021
- Runtime: 14 min
- By: University of the Netherlands
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_(and_when)_did_humans_first_make_fire.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: University of the Netherlands
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/113654299?play=1)