Oral — Energy radiant
InventTable — ORAL ERA — Energy radiant
Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
Control of Fire | 250,000 BCE | Africa (1) | ||
35 PREHISTORIC USES OF FIRE | ||||
1) Heat | ||||
2) Light | ||||
3) Nutrition from cooking | ||||
4) Protection/shelter | ||||
5) Sterilize water | ||||
6) Charcoal to restart fire | ||||
7) Clearing land for crops | ||||
8) Signaling | ||||
9) Burning waste | ||||
10) Cremation | ||||
11) Repel insects | ||||
12) Cauterize wounds | ||||
13) Hardening wood/stone | ||||
14) Drying objects, clothes/food | ||||
15) Food preservation, smoking meat | ||||
16) Waterproofing with smoke | ||||
17) Migration in cold climates | ||||
18) Drive animals | ||||
19) Smoke out bees for honey | ||||
20) Drive out holed animals | ||||
21) Bending wood (Bow) | ||||
22) Burn out canoes | ||||
23) Black pigment, charcoal | ||||
24) Char wood to decrease rot | ||||
25) Remove seed chaff | ||||
26) Smoke tobacco | ||||
27) Scar/tatoos | ||||
28) Burning hair off hides | ||||
29) Warfare | ||||
30) Religious ceremonies | ||||
31) Detoxify botulism | ||||
32) Glue from birch bark | ||||
33) Ink from charcoal and glue | ||||
34) Toothpaste | ||||
35) Soap |