ocr: Striking questions Ab broken skull from Swartkrans, South Africa, appears before an image of the light- ning that frequently strikes the high veld. Some researchers suggest that this hominid gathered smoldering wood from lightning- ignited fires and used it: to cook meat. Oth- ers argue that the charred animal bones found at the site are simply traces of natu- rally occurring flames. The evidence is equivocal and energetically debated by scientists, who continue searching for the origins of distinctively human life. Noss
