October 2009 pg 29-30
Fire, it might not mean much to you, but nearly 1 million years ago fire was the link to life. It gave light, heat and the power to cook things or boil to get rid of bacteria. But who found out about it and how? According to scientists the Swartkrans 1 million years ago found out about fire. But how did they do that. They probably saw fire somewhere else like from storms or bush fires and they probably tried to replicate that. First they probably put a stick on fire from another naturally made fire, from that they tried to make it with heat, because it burnt them so they thought it was heat. There is also one more thing beside using it for cooking and other stuff, they can wrap certain plants together and put it in the fire to get a smoke to repel mosquitos and other insects at night.
So today fire is replaced with stoves, heaters and other appliances, but millions years ago this was the universal heater, stove, alarm to keep other people away and boiler.
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