1,600,000 bce
Energy
Patches of baked earth near Homo ergaster or erectus sites at Koobi Fora and Chesowanja (Kenya) suggest that hominids are regularly using fire at hearth sites. See also 1,700,000 bce Energy; 1,000,000 bce Energy.
TransportationHomo erectus probably migrates to Asia and to Georgia in Europe about this time, the first hominid to leave Africa. See also 50,000 bce Transportation. (See essay.)





