Зачем людям был нужен огонь? // Дробышевский. Человек разумный

In the new episode of "Дробышевский. Человек разумный," Stas Drobyshevsky explains how humans learned to harness fire, covering the earliest evidence of regular hearths, the differences between Heidelbergians and Neanderthals in fire usage, and the role of fire in cooking and human evolution. The episode includes sections at 00:00 – an introduction to the domestication of fire; 02:11 – where and when the first evidence of fires was found; 06:25 – the importance of controlling fire rather than merely producing it; 09:11 – the uses of fire for protection, hunting, or heating; 15:36 – why Heidelbergians actively burned fires while Neanderthals used them less; 17:30 – the beginning of using fire for cooking; 20:30 – an unexpected construction moment; 22:20 – how Neanderthals learned to cook porridge; and 23:30 – other uses of fire.