Taming Fire: The First Scientist?

 Cox, Mary Beth. "Taming Fire: The First Scientist?" Odyssey: The Adventures in Science Oct. 2009: 

     29-30. Print.

      This article talks about who and when started using fire. The answer to this question is hard to answer, but it is estimated that it started 250,000 years ago. At that time, people were afraid of fires. No one knew what it was. Some remains of objects which could be used to make fire were found in Europe. Hearths were found; hearths are rudimentary fireplaces, surrounded by a round rock ring. Hearth fires are higher temperature than wildfires.

   In the Swarkans caves, in South Africa, human remains were found together with burnt animal bones. These remains and bones are 1,000,000 years old. A large Hearth fire put these early humans to sleep, not a wildfire. Thi accident might have occurred, while they were cooking the meat. “ They may have known how to cook, but that doesn’t mean they could start a fire from scratch.”