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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 day ago

Carbon record reveals evidence of extensive human fire use 50,000 years ago

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Carbon record reveals evidence of extensive human fire use 50,000 years ago

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Fire is an ancient natural phenomenon that has shaped our planet for more than 400 million years. It alters habitats, affects the carbon cycle, and is closely linked to changes in climate and vegetation.
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  • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    IIRC the leading hypothesis is humans discovered how to make fire before we were “human.” Or in other words, we were more like chimps and bonobos when we discovered fire. It may have been what led us down the path we are on.

    • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      This article is talking about humans using fire to manipulate their environment, rather than just using it to cook or keep warm. That has been going on far longer than Homo Sapiens have existed, but using fire for controlled burns was thought to be much more recent than this study suggests.

    • bettyschwing [mirror/your pronouns]@hexbear.net
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      Yeah I read theory scientific papers

      • HexReplyBot [none/use name]@hexbear.netB
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        I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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    So, we did start the fire

    • LangleyDominos [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      The song back then was quite different.

      Cool rock, Earthenware
      Leather thong, Mammoth scare
      Fertile crescent
      North migration, Living in the snow
      Stone tools, Painting caves
      Start a tribe, Wolfs behave
      Exploration, Navigation
      Spears you can throw

      WE JUST STARTED A FIRE
      IT STARTED BURNING EARLY THIS MORNING
      WE JUST STARTED A FIRE
      WE TRIED TO LIGHT IT AND COULDN’T HIDE IT

      • comrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        GOOD post

    • ClimateStalin [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      It in fact had not always been burning, certainly not since the world’s been turning

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        It could be argued that our prehuman ancestors were using fire already, and we imherited the problem, and didn’t actually start it.

        H erectus + fire + evolution = H sapiens

        Thanks grandpa

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          so some fuckin monkey was fuckin with fire and now i gotta go to work, what a dickhead

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          Sins of the father

  • Dort_Owl [they/them, it/its]@hexbear.net
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    Lighting those joints

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