I thought this article was interesting and thought provoking.

 

Has anyone else heard about this finding that humans from 1 million years ago may have used fire?

http://slashdot.org/submission/2006745/did-our-ancient-ancestors-cook-1-million-years-ago

I thought this article was interesting and thought provoking.

 

Has anyone else heard about this finding that humans from 1 million years ago may have used fire?

http://slashdot.org/...llion-years-ago

 

It was the only fire found which means it could have been chance that some stones and wood happened to get rubbed together the right way or perhaps some magnesium in local magnesium (or maybe phosphorous or potassium compounds?) veins got hit with enough force or various other chemical reactions, and I think the oldest human remains aren't 1 million years old.

 

http://news.discover...ael-101228.html

Edited April 4, 201213 yr by questionposter

I thought modern humans were roughly 10,000 years old ?

Homo sapiens , dates back to between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago. 10,000 years ago is when we took a big stab at agriculture as a means of moving towards a cultural milieu in which lawyers could flourish.

Oh great, at least now I know I didn't just pick that number out of thin air.

 

I did think 10,000 years was not a very long time to allow for evolution when I responded the first time.