How did discovery of fire help the early man?
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Discovery of fire helped the early man in following ways -
Discovery of fire helped the early man in following ways -
- With fire, they were able to protect themselves from the wild animals. They were also able to devise an entirely new way of hunting.
- They cooked their food, but the use of fire went far beyond that. For one, fire was an important part of other technological development in the Stone Age.
- Stone tools existed before the discovery of fire, but humans combined the two technologies by using fire. They observed that heating rocks around a fire bring out the impurities and make the rocks easier to chip into stone tools.
- Fire also made the transformation of clay into hardened ceramic pots and vases, very easy. It was useful in carrying and storing food, water, or other items. In fact, 24,000-year-old fire pits are found which was made with the help of fire.