How was fire used in Prehistoric times? Thank You.?

Question

-fire during Prehistoric times

Answer 1

fire was used too cook, to scare away animals, to keep warm during the ice age, and for light

Answer 2

I'm pretty sure, almost positive that fire was used in prehistoric times to keep each other warm, not only that but to also help prepare food although that was a rather new idea at that time. So mainly to keep warm, and food preparation

Answer 3

I will say to keep warm and keep wild animals away. I will assume that they ate food raw as most animals. Then one night they were partying and some guy threw a bone with some meat left into the fire. The next morning someone woke up hungry and seen this in the fire and thought, what the heck, I am hungry and ate it. Realizing this new cuisine he had found, McDonald's was born.

Answer 4

Probably was used mostly to keep warm in the cold. Some insightful person may have discovered it was better to take a warm bath than to jump in a freezing stream, so they could have thought to warm bath water. Of course it the tub was made of wood, it would burn--so maybe not. They probably used fire to get rid of stinky, rotten refuse....who knows?

Answer 5

Fire was used to ward off evil spirits, to cook with, to light the caves, to keep warm, some groups worshiped fire. Fire was used as a guiding light and signals. To cremate . To dry and process hides, To clear off dry grass area's . Fire was also used to keep wild animals away.

Answer 6

Fire was used to cook there food,also to be used as other things like at special occasions they actually invented fire they used it for wars and many other things. They learned how to bake food with fire! and they kept themselves warm with fire and they used it to make light when they needed light.They discovered fire they learned how to use it! without them we wouldn't even know what fire was!!!