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Human ancestors used fire one million years ago, archaeologist find
www.physorg.com ^ | 04-02-2012 | Provided by University of Toronto

Posted on 04/02/2012 2:43:04 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Red Badger.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


21 posted on 04/02/2012 3:57:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Red Badger
Bones accidentally left behind his Zippo too.
22 posted on 04/02/2012 4:02:04 PM PDT by Happy Rain
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To: freedumb2003

Imagine trying to approval if the EPA was around when Man first harnessed fire.


23 posted on 04/02/2012 4:37:13 PM PDT by 6SJ7 (Meh.)
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To: freedumb2003

Have you read “Macroscope” by Piers Anthony?


24 posted on 04/02/2012 4:39:17 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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>>Have you read “Macroscope” by Piers Anthony?<<

Probably. At one time I was an Anthony-phile. I read all of his “Incarnations” books in what now seems like a weekend. I know I read others from him as well as his style flowed well for me.

But that SOB is really arrogant.


25 posted on 04/02/2012 4:45:34 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: 6SJ7

>>Imagine trying to approval if the EPA was around when Man first harnessed fire.<<

We don’t need to imagine it — we are living it.


26 posted on 04/02/2012 4:47:45 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: Red Badger

Did they determine the world will end in 2012, too?


27 posted on 04/02/2012 4:49:24 PM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: righttackle44

Terry Pratchett said: “Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.”

My two scents.


28 posted on 04/02/2012 4:59:19 PM PDT by BigIsleGal (Wake Me Up When the Stupid Wears Off)
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To: Red Badger

Brains created fire. Fire created larger brains.


29 posted on 04/02/2012 5:18:56 PM PDT by Defiant (If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
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To: Defiant

Exactly!!


30 posted on 04/02/2012 5:26:03 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Defiant

Posted too soon. Cooked meat & oysters.


31 posted on 04/02/2012 5:29:12 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: freedumb2003
Macroscope was my favorite at the time...I admit to reading relatively little SciFi, The Ender Series most recently but more back in the '60's and early '70's. Apparently my relationship with Anthony was minimal enough to spare me his arrogance. Lucky for me. Loved the book, though.

I'm more of a history reader now. I'm lucky. I drive between one and two thousand miles each 5 day week on service calls that take less than an hour on average. They provide the vehicle and fuel. I've listened to four audio books per month for the past ten years(I pick the longest unabridged books I can find).

32 posted on 04/02/2012 5:38:44 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: JimSEA

Sort of. Cooking food meant that body energy that had been used for digestion of raw meat and vegetation could now be used for other purposes, and allowed the development of larger brains. Larger brains figured out better ways to get food and to defeat predators, and even more calories allowed even larger brains. And so on, at least until there were Democrats.


33 posted on 04/02/2012 5:56:24 PM PDT by Defiant (If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
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To: Defiant

>>Brains created fire. Fire created larger brains.<<

MMMM! Grilled brains...


34 posted on 04/02/2012 6:08:10 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: ExCTCitizen

“The control of fire would have been a major turning point in human evolution,” says Chazan. “The impact of cooking food is well documented


An even greater advantage to controling fire is that you can set your rival cave dwellers on fire.


35 posted on 04/02/2012 6:26:03 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse
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To: freedumb2003

At one time I was an Anthony-phile. I read all of his “Incarnations” books in what now seems like a weekend.


The first few (maybe the first three or four) were alright. After that they got new-agey and preachy. I kept reading just because I had read the previous ones. I quit partway through the one where God was an impotent sleeping lout and a young girl was chosen to take his place.


36 posted on 04/02/2012 6:26:13 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse
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To: freedumb2003

MMMM! Grilled brains...


I like you, you’re twisted!


37 posted on 04/02/2012 7:29:59 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse
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To: freedumb2003

Campbell?


38 posted on 04/02/2012 9:57:32 PM PDT by wastedyears (Signature for sale.)
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To: wastedyears

John W. Campbell!!!

The man who singlehandedly took the genre of Science Fiction from silly B.E.M. (Bug Eyed Monsters) to a thinking man’s genre of reflection and consideration. He REJECTED many of the submissions of Asimov and Heinlein (and many of we now consider masters of SF) from what was then “Astounding Science Fiction” (later to be Analog Science Fiction and Fact, edited by The Good Doctor).

By demanding the same literary litmus tests of SF as for other genres (and demanding they exceed other “pulps”), Campbell propelled SF from teen-geek fringe to the mainstream.

There isn’t a single modern SF movie, book or extension that doesn’t owe Campbell for its very existence.

The best example of what a great editor can do with a great writer is “Nightfall.” A short, yet compelling drama. The fact that drama is set in an SF backdrop is almost irrelevant.

Thank Campbell.


39 posted on 04/02/2012 10:37:09 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: freedumb2003

I thought you were talking about Jack Campbell.


40 posted on 04/02/2012 11:00:12 PM PDT by wastedyears (Signature for sale.)
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