How did the primitive ancestors produce fire? They learnt the method by accident.?

Question

Clue: friction! inflamable material.

Answer 1

Our ancestors probably first found fire that was produced by lightening. Then they could have accidently found out that sparks were created when one rock struck another rock

Answer 2

Primitive men discovered lighting a fire is all accidental.

Primitive igniters are those attributed to our early ancestors.
Primitive metods:-

Flint and Steel

The direct spark method is the easiest of the primitive methods to use. The flint and steel method is the most reliable of the direct spark methods. Strike a flint or other hard, sharp-edged rock edge with a piece of carbon steel (stainless steel will not produce a good spark). This method requires a loose-jointed wrist and practice. When a spark has caught in the tinder, blow on it. The spark will spread and burst into flames.

Fire-Plow

The fire-plow is a friction method of ignition. You rub a hardwood shaft against a softer wood base. To use this method, cut a straight groove in the base and plow the blunt tip of the shaft up and down the groove. The plowing action of the shaft pushes out small particles of wood fibers. Then, as you apply more pressure on each stroke, the friction ignites the wood particles.

Bow and Drill

The technique of starting a fire with a bow and drill is simple, but you must exert much effort and be persistent to produce a fire. You need the following items to use this method:


Socket.
The socket is an easily grasped stone or piece of hardwood or bone with a slight depression in one side. Use it to hold the drill in place and to apply downward pressure.
Drill. The drill should be a straight, seasoned hardwood stick about 2 centimeters in diameter and 25 centimeters long. The top end is round and the low end blunt (to produce more friction).
Fire board. Its size is up to you. A seasoned softwood board about 2.5 centimeters thick and 10 centimeters wide is preferable. Cut a depression about 2 centimeters from the edge on one side of the board. On the underside, make a V-shaped cut from the edge of the board to the depression.
Bow. The bow is a resilient, green stick about 2.5 centimeters in diameter and a string. The type of wood is not important. The bowstring can be any type of cordage. You tie the bowstring from one end of the bow to the other, without any slack.

To use the bow and drill, first prepare the fire lay. Then place a bundle of tinder under the V-shaped cut in the fire board. Place one foot on the fire board. Loop the bowstring over the drill and place the drill in the precut depression on the fire board. Place the socket, held in one hand, on the top of the drill to hold it in position. Press down on the drill and saw the bow back and forth to twirl the drill. Once you have established a smooth motion, apply more downward pressure and work the bow faster. This action will grind hot black powder into the tinder, causing a spark to catch. Blow on the tinder until it ignites.

Answer 3

Yes - almost all our present infrastructures are accidental inventions. When our primitive saw forest fire, they learnet it. When they took the boiled meat, they learnt it. When they patted their own body, they learnt about heat, when they strike stones and woods one another, it produced fire and they learnt how to produce it - quite natural.

Answer 4

they got fire by friction of two stones and it was by an accident

Answer 5

the prehistoric men accidently rubbed two flints together and it produced a spark.....they tried to make the spark again and they succeeded in doing so......and there cam fire...

Answer 6

Probably from experiencing lightning. If an animal were hit by lightning and "cooked" they might have eaten it anyway. Then they probably have discovered the advantages of being cooked, it would have lasted longer without spoiling.

Answer 7

No, I don't think it was an accident, I think an old flame showed up.

Answer 8

it's impossible to say how they did it first. i would guess it was first brought from an active lava flow.