2006-10-27 15:22:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
When they figured out they could follow the paths of natural fires and find plenty of naturally cooked food. Cooked meat stays preserved lots, lots longer than raw meat. Ancestors didn't learn to master fire to heat dwellings. That's bull. They lived in flippin Africa. They didn't need to heat dwellings. They mastered fire because it was a way of preserving meat by cooking it and drying it so you could eat it for days instead of going hungry all the time.
2006-10-27 15:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably it was more a case of curiousity overruling their fear. As for not needing fire to heat their dwellings you forget that even in that time period nights were very cold. Even today in the savannah area of Africa our ancestors supposedly came from primitive tribes like the Massai use fire to light and heat their homes and villages at night.
2006-10-27 23:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by West Coast Nomad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fear of anything is a survival trait. Call it a respect for what it can do...it is still basically a fear. I don't think anyone living is unafraid of fire, or they would have burned to death long ago.
2006-10-29 09:38:56 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this makes the assumption that they feared fire in the first place.... ;-)
2006-10-28 19:31:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A long long long time ago...
2006-10-28 19:12:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋