Have you ever tried peeing on a forest wildfire? Because that is the kind of fire that our ancestors would find most frequently in the wild.
A better just-so story would be that our ancestors signaled their courage by peeing on a forest wildfire and surviving the experience. Then someone had the idea to take some fire with him, maybe to have a cheap opportunity to signal his courage in front of the entire tribe, or maybe as a training opportunity for his sons.
Have you ever tried peeing on a forest wildfire? Because that is the kind of fire that our ancestors would find most frequently in the wild.
A better just-so story would be that our ancestors signaled their courage by peeing on a forest wildfire and surviving the experience. Then someone had the idea to take some fire with him, maybe to have a cheap opportunity to signal his courage in front of the entire tribe, or maybe as a training opportunity for his sons.