What was the most useful effect of fire?
Q: What was the most useful effect of fire?
A: The most useful effect of fire was cooking food.
Q: When did humans first learn to control fire?
A: Evidence suggests that humans first learned to control fire around 400,000 years ago.
Q: What foods need to be cooked with fire?
A: Foods such as root vegetables mostly need to be cooked with fire.
Q: How long ago is the earliest evidence of controlled fire by a member of Homo?
A: The earliest evidence of controlled fire by a member of Homo is estimated between 0.2 and 1.7 million years ago.
Q: What other activities were enabled by controlling fire?
A: Controlling fire allowed activity into the dark, and gave some protection from predators and insects in addition to cooking food.
Q: What species used controlled fires before Homo erectus?
A: It is not known for sure which species used controlled fires before Homo erectus.
