The control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans. Fire provided a source of warmth and lighting, protection from predators, a way to create more advanced
Cro-Magnon artists painting in Font-de-Gaume under the lighting of controlled fire, American Museum of Natural History, by Charles R. Knight (1920)
Zhoukoudian Caves, a World Heritage Site and an early site of human use of fire in China
Theft of fire
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The theft of fire for the benefit of humanity is a theme that recurs in many world mythologies, symbolizing the acquisition of knowledge, or technology, and its transformative impact on civilization.
Control of fire by early humans
…Savannah hypothesis Theft of fire "How our pact with fire made us what we are" Archived 6 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine—Article by Stephen J Pyne…
Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind (1817) by Heinrich Füger