Amadeus Schmidt wrote
> The more unique the technique (like fire or stone tools) the less
> competition, the more success.
> They daytime bipedal moving gains access to more tubers and carrion.
> Fire doubles the calories and scares off predators.
> That's a niche, maybe the explanation for the success of h.erectus.
.......
DAWN OF HUMANITY:
Darkness on the savannah!
exept for the FIRE - warming and protecting us
roasting the roots we dug up during the day
and melting the marrow in the bones we found.
The glowing FIRE, the darkness
- the others.
Esben