Before fire was created... where was it?

Question

No right or wrong answers. Just that I can't think of a good one. LOL

Answer 1

Fire was never created or even discovered, as it were, by humans. What humans did was figure out a way to harness a natural phenomenon that already existed before them.

Lightning struck trees. Trees caught on fire. Early man, after overcoming their fears and quickly figuring out that fire burns their skin, also saw that fire provides warmth and light at night. Most likely purely by accident they also learned that fire 'cooks' food.

The only thing you can credit early humans with is finally figuring out how to start their own fires. The world's first genius was probably the dude or dudette who somehow equated the sting from flint sparks with the ability to ignite smaller pieces of flammable materials. Then the smaller pieces of ignited material was used to ignite even larger pieces of flammable material. However, even this was most likely learned purely by accident.

Again, humans neither created or invented fire. They simply learned to harness it.

Answer 2

Wikipedia defines fire as "an oxidation process that releases energy in varying intensities in the form of light and heat and often creates smoke."

They explain three methods for starting a fire.
1. Friction caused by rubbing objects like wood together quickly until enough heat energy builds up to start embers.
2. Percussion caused by striking an iron rich stone on a hard stone to produce sparks.
3. Natural Occurrence caused by volcanic activity, lightning strikes, and easiest to harness through highly combustible plants like Eucalyptus.

Wikipedia claims that the oldest method of harnessing fire is by taking brush from a natural fire and using the ember to start another fire. However this would have been difficult during long trips or wet seasons.

Slow smoldering plants like birch, tobacco, and sage were used to keep fires going longer. Also animal fats were used to help prolong a fire's life; much like how kerosene oil keeps a wick from burning but maintains the fire much longer.

I also found this news video on the future of fire. It describes a man who recently found out that radio frequencies applied to saltwater can release hydrogen atoms and ignite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6vSxR6UKFM
John Kanzius - Saltwater fuel

Answer 3

In Greek Mythology, it's said that fire was up on the Mount Olympos favored only by the 12 Gods. Then Prometheus has stolen it from them, don't remember now how, and brought it to the mortals. Zeus, in order to get back on Prometheus for giving to people something so valuable that could make them stronger, has tighten him up on some rocks of a Mountain and was sending an eagle to eat his regenerating liver everyday. Prometheus is suffering, but is pleased with the good that he's done...

Answer 4

Scientifically, fire created the universe, the galaxies and our very own Solar System. Yes, even earth was created from hot masses, as a matter of fact, fire burns deep inside it.

So the question, "before fire was created... where was it?" the answer would be, nowhere. It was nonexistant. Fire is older than life itself, and maybe older than the universe.

Answer 5

I believe Fire was discovered. For that matter, all the elements were there in the nature, man only discovered how to create a form of it. Each discovery made him, more knowledgeable on how to deal with natural element, not to say that any one knows how to control them.

Discovery of Fire, or a form of it, made mankind different from rest of life-forms which survive on natural form of the feed.

Answer 6

there is nothing new under the sun, no not one.
Friction and lightening and internal combustion and other sources of fire have been here since gravity, so my answer is:
fire was there at the beginning, just not discovered.

Answer 7

Trapped as an ambient temperature gas inside organic materials that require heat to generate combustible gas.

Answer 8

uncooked replaced into easily attainable, yet i've got heard that there is a few evidence to point that human beings have been drying meat earlier they have been cooking it. they'd decrease it into strips and carry it interior the breeze until it dried, then eat it like pork jerky.

Answer 9

in the mind of a creator before he starts the fire, hehe!

Answer 10

Where the hell is fire now? That stuff just kind of shows up. Fire is creepy.