Fire Taming Changed the Course of Human History

We were named by biology as species by the name Homo sapiens, our species thousands of years ago passed from an intermediate species in the food chain to the top, conquering most of the planet.

During evolution and adaptation to the environment, it was imperative to use various resources for protection and survival.

These resources, which we may call instruments, sometimes initially have very few uses, and over time show disruptive transformations in different perspectives.

At the beginning several species of the genus Homo existed in different places on the planet. And they survived in various ways, named after those who study this area of ​​hunters and gatherers.

Hunting for food was not easy, just like hunting, humans was hunted. The human animal was yet another animal of immense biological diversity. And even bigger animals back then.

Collecting food as fruits, small animals, for some tribes was easier, but it depends a lot on the availability of the places they traveled, at that time the tribes used to change places frequently.

In any case, the search for food consumed a lot time. It's hard to imagine sometimes, given the ease of today's times.

Eventually we do not know very well how, as much as they have some theories, our ancestors began using fire, the first natural energy used as a human instrument.

Some authors argue that the use of fire, started from the use of the flames that occurred in natural burnings.

And that Homo erectus were the first primitive species to use fire as an instrument, through friction between stones.

In any case, human species had to learn to use fire. They came in nature, they used nature, but they did not always have it at their disposal.

It was necessary to create ways to have fire available for when needed. Then the first step was to produce, as friction said above. Other forms were eventually learned. After production, it was necessary to learn the "maintenance" of the flame. And then ways to keep the flame and carry it, like using resins.

All this occurred in thousands of years. Imagine how many bonfires they've erased, and these primitive species have been pounding, not knowing what to do.

From the domination and domestication of fire, much has changed. What made chemical and biological changes in many foods by exposing them to high temperature.

Facilitating ingestion, absorption of nutrients, greater supply of nutrients, making it possible to use more natural resources for food.

Can be used for protection, against low temperatures, light during darkening, and dark places, protect yourself from some animals, find new dwellings.

The fire has changed us biologically, we adapt better to the environment. More food, less demand, easier food. Forms of protection and use.

Over time, fire has been adapted to various forms of use, for various purposes, as the nature of the human species is capable, among constructive and destructive aspects; for the construction of the species itself, and for the destruction of the species itself.

The domestication of fire, has changed the course of humanity for thousands of years.

The human capacity to use instruments for their benefit has made us the dominant species.

The past leaves us with a complex, long history that we sometimes do not perceive or understand, but nothing is by chance, everything has its history, which can only be told by us, the only surviving species of the genus Homo the Homo sapiens.