Who Discovered Fire? | Fire Discovery by Early Humans | Invention of Fire | The Dr. Binocs Show

if modern day tools can be so irritating imagine how patient early humans had to be to light their fires what tools did they use well to find out we'll have to travel back in time to explode the burning question who discovered fire zoom in the discovery of fire or more precisely the controlled use of fire was one of Mankind's first greatest Innovations and why not after all fire gives us light and warmth helps us cook delicious food AIDS in crafting tools and objects and acts as a protector scaring away animals that might harm us not just that it also acts as a gathering spot for friends and family during special occasions where fun things 

Who Discovered Fire? | Fire Discovery by Early Humans | Invention of Fire | The Dr. Binocs Show

happen in essence fire has played a vital role throughout human history but who exactly invented it and how was fire discovered well unfortunately nobody is exactly sure how or when people discovered fire however smart scientists have proposed a few theories that could shed some light on it yes one Theory suggests that in the ancient past lightning strikes might have set fires in Old forests giving early humans a chance to see and use this powerful force another idea is that volcanic activity might have exposed exposed humans to Natural Flames sparking their curiosity and leading them to experiment with fire so it's certainly possible 

that fire was acquired naturally and maintained by using fuels for various purposes such as cooking and heating for a while using fire was mostly about taking advantage of opportunities But as time passed our early ancestors might have found ways to create basic fires using sticks and Flint as tools alternatively our clever ancestors might have accidentally generated Sparks by striking Stones together which could have led to the discovery of fire while we don't have precise knowledge some evidence suggests that homo erectus likely mastered controlled fire around 2 million years ago go during the Stone Age this is supported by Rusty patches of Earth found at all the one hominid sites near Lake turana in Kenya when it comes to outside Africa the first evidence of controlled fire was discovered at the lower Paleolithic Gesa Beno Yakov site in Israel dated 790,000 years old where char wood and seeds were recovered while we are still uncovering the tools used for that initial spark we do know that eating cooked food helped our 

ancestors brains grow larger and become smarter as we became more Adept we used fire and heat to manipulate materials creating sharper tools that eventually laid the foundation upon which we stand today in modern times we've come a long way with Incredible inventions like matches and lighters that make it easy for us to create fire whenever we need it we've also developed Advanced stoves ovens and grills that allow us to cook food using fire additionally scientists have invented fire extinguishers to keep us safe in case a fire gets out of control [Music] why because it's crucial to be cautious when using fire to prevent any unfortunate incidents to be prepared please watch our video titled how to survive a house fire trivia time did you know that the first successful friction match was invented in 1826 by John Walker he was an English chemist from steron on te 

County Durham to learn more about this check out our video titled the invention of matchsticks you can find the link in the description below sketching time today's sketch of the day goes to Quinn Eleanor hope you learned something new today until next time it's me Dr boox zooming out never mind