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Uses of Fire
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| I'm wondering if you can add to this list. Surely there are a lot of uses
that I've not thought of...
Heat/Flame
- straighten spindles and shafts
- warmth
- forcing animals into a preferred direction (hunting)
- modifying vegetation landscape (farming, coppicing)
- rendering food palatable/digestible
- coalburning containers
- water purification
- cauterizing wounds
- removing seed chaff
- modifying wood, stone and bone for use as tools/handles
- soften materials to bend and to make easier to modify with tools
- scarification tattoos
- hardening the points wooden tools/weapons
- melting hardened substances for use
- Dry out your clothes after falling into the drink
Smoke
- communication at distance
- waterproofing tanned hides
- food preservation
- a carrier for inhalant medicines
- repel insects
- food preserver
Ash/Char/Soot
- charcoal for easier future firebuilding
- mineral paint
- medicine
- salt
- toothpaste
- slipping hair from hides deodorizer
Light
- seeing in the dark
- communication at distance
- keeping animals out of camp
- psychological security
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