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Fire played a major role in for the Homo Ergaster and later hominids. Fire allowed cooked meat and further expansion across colder areas. Fire could cook meat, causing larger brains and a more nutritious diet. It also could kill many unhealthy bacteria like Salmonella. Fire also allowed further expansion across the earth. In colder environments than Africa, like Europe or Asia, the Homo Ergaster could protect himself and others from the cold with fire. This not only induced comfort, it helped keep them safe from hypothermia and frostbite. Fire was essential for the hominids.
  
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The use of fire played a big role in the path of human evolution. Fires provided a place to gather, a way to cook food, warmth, and a new way of hunting.
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http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/resource/teaching/diploma/mankind.jpg
  
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Early species used the fireplace as a social area. The members of a group could sit around the fire and communicate. Some say this helped the early humans evolve into the modern ''Homo Sapiens'', as the communication skills of the species advanced. This in turn made the group of men more friendly towards one another and better relationships were established.
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The fire also allowed food to be cooked. Since the process of cooking allows more nutrients to be released for absorbtion by the body, early men could get more calories and nutrients in their diet. They could eat the same food, but get more out of it. This also allowed muscles and bones to be stronger as more protein and other necessary components of the body were added to the species' diet. This is also shown to have been a factor in brain development.
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Fireplaces provided warmth for early man. In some places, it was constantly cold, and fire was a necessary part of their lifestyle. Some groups of early man may have died out if it was not for the discovery of fire.  
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[http://fubini.swarthmore.edu/~ENVS2/S2007/rmckenn1/FirstEssay.htm]
  
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Fire also created new ways of hunting. One species,''Homo heidelbergensis'', used fire to force animals off cliffs to their death or force them into a smaller area where they could be killed. This allowed meat to be more easily aquired instead of going on three day hunts. Some species used fire to create fire hardened tools, making the tools last longer and tougher to break.
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''Manual'' page 32
  
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[http://fubini.swarthmore.edu/~ENVS2/S2007/rmckenn1/FirstEssay.htm]
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'''Uses of fire'''[http://www.livescience.com/19425-earliest-human-fire.html]
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'''Men with fire'''[http://www.crystalinks.com/cavemenoutcave.jpg]
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'''Cooking meat'''[http://gswaterman.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cavemen-cooking-with-fire.png?w=594&h=655]
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'''Video Notes, Walking with Cavemen (10/13/14)'''
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Latest revision as of 12:17, 17 October 2015

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Fire played a major role in for the Homo Ergaster and later hominids. Fire allowed cooked meat and further expansion across colder areas. Fire could cook meat, causing larger brains and a more nutritious diet. It also could kill many unhealthy bacteria like Salmonella. Fire also allowed further expansion across the earth. In colder environments than Africa, like Europe or Asia, the Homo Ergaster could protect himself and others from the cold with fire. This not only induced comfort, it helped keep them safe from hypothermia and frostbite. Fire was essential for the hominids.

mankind.jpg

- Will Leger

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Manual page 32

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