IIRC the leading hypothesis is humans discovered how to make fire before we were "human." Or in other words, we were more like chimps and bonobos when we discovered fire. It may have been what led us down the path we are on.

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

This article is talking about humans using fire to manipulate their environment, rather than just using it to cook or keep warm. That has been going on far longer than Homo Sapiens have existed, but using fire for controlled burns was thought to be much more recent than this study suggests.

[–] bettyschwing@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I read ~~theory~~ scientific papers

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