ASCI 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lake Baringo, Swartkrans, Fire People
6 Dec 2016
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Discovered approximately 200,000 to 1. 5 millions years ago. Lake baringo (1. 4 mya) was first used: africa to human beings is the (cid:498)apple store(cid:499, shows controlled use of fire by humans. Swartkrans cave in northeast south africa has evidence of early fire. Prometheus brings fire to mankind; steals from zeus and gives it to mankind. After stealing fire he is punished by zeus and stuffers. All myths have something related/linked to all cultures; fire (technology) is stolen and the suffering of technology. With technology and advancements there are prices to pay (great costs) Maori; have almost an identical myth as the greeks but with a man named. Myths warn us that there could be complications. With the discovery of fire there have been changes to our behaviour, health, and spending our energy. By harnessing fire we light the night, we can do secondary activities at night, aka we have doubled our time for productivity.
