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Chapter 2 - Taming Fire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2024

Robin Derricourt
Robin Derricourt
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University of New South Wales, Sydney
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The ability to create, manage and transport fire transformed dark into light, cold into warmth, formed a focus for the camps of hunter-gatherer groups and allowed management of landscapes to encourage browsing animals, while cooking expanded available foodstuffs and provided more energy for the brain. The taming of fire brought dramatic and long-lasting changes to human society, with immense impacts on personal, social and economic life.

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Five Innovations That Changed Human History
Transitions and Impacts
 , pp. 10 - 43
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Taming Fire
  • Robin Derricourt, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Book: Five Innovations That Changed Human History
  • Online publication: 01 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009523400.002
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  • Taming Fire
  • Robin Derricourt, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Book: Five Innovations That Changed Human History
  • Online publication: 01 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009523400.002
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  • Taming Fire
  • Robin Derricourt, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Book: Five Innovations That Changed Human History
  • Online publication: 01 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009523400.002
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