Our ancestors didn’t get by without fire, if you mean ancestors as in members of our species.
We’re human because fire allowed us to grow our brains larger than typically possible. Protohumans discovered how to use fire long before we existed.
Comment on Are straws an unnecessary (but convenient) invention?
ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Technically all inventions are “unnecessary but convenient.” Our ancestors got by just fine without fire or tools or clothes for much much longer than we’ve been inventing tools and using them.
Don’t get me wrong, today’s humans would almost certainly die out without our tools because we’ve adapted so heavily to having them (especially fire and clothing).
Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 9 months ago
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 months ago
We wouldn’t die without straws.
alias@artemis.camp 9 months ago
*For varying definitions of "just fine".