HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC
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homo sapiens
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homo habilis
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homo erectus
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australopithecus
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who discovered fire for the first time? Fire was discovered by the genetic ancestors of humans. These ancestors are known as Homo erectus in the human evolutionary genus. Homo erectus inhabited the earth around two million years ago, around the same time that there was evidence of use of fire.
Detailed explanation-2: -The oldest unequivocal evidence, found at Israel’s Qesem Cave, dates back 300, 000 to 400, 000 years, associating the earliest control of fire with Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fire brought hominids out of the trees; by frightening away nocturnal predators, it enabled Homo erectus to sleep safely on the ground, which was part of the process by which bipedalism (and perhaps mind-expanding dreaming) evolved.