Quest For Fire

Quest for fire

Fire is a chemical reaction of oxidation strongly reduction exothermic, the reactants being the oxidant and reductant. In other words, the gear is called combustion fuel and oxidant, the reactions between them are called combustion. Although there are many oxidizing substances the most common and that nature provides in the right proportions is oxygen.

The fire was also useful as a protection against other animals, including the most fierce. A bonfire inside a cave or in a circlestones to would keep predators.

Discovering the fire equals tame it. The use of fire totally changedhuman life. First of all, tried to light in the darkness and heat at all times. It made possible to extend the activity to night and winter,that would take particular importance in a glacial period, so thatHomo erectus was able to reach colder regions.

The fire also made it possible to cook food, which is moreimportant than it may seem, the fire could only be obtained once initiated by natural means. When it was available it was necessary to keep it burning continuously, and if I ever became extinct, had to resume as soon as the search for another fire.

Our ancestors discovered the usefulness of the fire, which meantthe first and most

important finding in the initial stages of mankind. Thanks to this breakthrough, the

early hominids were able to improve in many aspects of social life. In a first

when they used natural phenomena to get the fire, but eventually

were inventing different ways to get directly at any time.

Throughout history, humans have been perfecting these methodsto achieve

easier to handle systems with which to control the fire more effectively.

Around 80,000 years ago, most of the earth was covered with ice. It was the ice age, during the Paleolithic period.

Developing, humans lived in the tribes, who hunted and gathered whatever food they could find in those difficult conditions. Not all these tribes were alike, man was evolving. There were two very primitive groups, the wagabus and the kzam. The tribes were homo neanderthalensis. From these two the wagabus were the last advanced. They were covered with hair, didn’t have any tools and had very limited language.

The other two groups the ulam and the ivaka were more evolved homo sapiens sapiens.

There was little food, the weather was too cold. During this time, not everyone knew how to make fire. Fire was precious to them. If and when a fire broke out (from lightning or bushfires), they tried to keep the flame alive for warmth and for preparing their food. A member of the tribe was designated as fire tender (he who tended to the fire), responsible for not letting in extinguish.

On day the wagabu invade the territory of the ulam, there is a terrible battle. The wagabus, who outnumber

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