What role fire played in the early evolutionary history of man ?

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90. What role fire played in the early evolutionary history of man ?


The discovery and taming of fire was one of the important landmark in the evolutionary history of man because of the followings :

1. Fire protected man from cold weather.

2. Fire protected man from wild beasts.

3. The cooking habits also changed with the help of fire, the man started cooking  food.

4. Making of tools was made possible with the heat of fire.

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