Primitive Mans Relationship with Fire and the Environment :: Environment Environmental Pollution Preservation

autochthonic Mans Relationship with Fire and the EnvironmentCommon knowledge holds it that primitive service mankind was a being barely more developed than the ape, existing without culture, innovation, or technological prowess. This thought foc subprograms especially on homo erectus, an ancestor of man who lived from about 2 million to roughly 200,000 years ago. It is commonly believed that h. erectus was a creature existing in technological stasis, without the ability to advance his cosmea through innovation, and void of culture. This type of thinking could quickly be altered, though, if juvenile discoveries hold true. Recent recite points to a distinct possibility that h. erectus may get down been the first ancestor of man to harness the power of rout out. such a finding would greatly alter the current system of beliefs in regard to the evolution of man and the status of mans ancestors during the conviction of h. erectus. These findings would indicate that h. erectus di d have some culture, and some innovative skill that allowed him to control his environment. The evidence load-bearing(a) the taming of fire by h. erectus is not beyond reproach, though. In fact, it has come under heavy questioning. A desire for even stronger evidence could eventually recess the notion that this primitive version of man could control fire, and allow for sustainment of the current belief that man did not truly evolve into a being with any type of culture until the existence of homo sapiens. Up until the year 2000, a great deal of evidence surrounding mans use and control of fire indicated that such technology in all probability did not shape up until roughly 200,000 years ago. The implication that h. sapiens was the first in the melody of mankind to control fire was supported by evidence shew at a site in Zhoukoudian, China. While it had been believed for some time that Zhoukoudian was the first site of controlled fire, evidence found through more thoroughgoi ng re search indicates otherwise. There are no hearths at the site in China. Nor are there any food remnants. Such evidence leads to the belief that the burnt bones found at the site are probably the result of a natural fire (Wuethrich). The lack of strong evidence supporting the site as one in which mans control of fire is displayed supported the belief that h. erectus lacked technological prowess and culture. The next best prospect for the site of mans first documented control of fire was a collapsed sea cave in Menez Dregan, France.