Adam\'s Autopsy by Derek Bickerton

Initially, many experts concur that we didnt learn to tame or control harass until well-nigh 400,000 days ago. In a documentary ab knocked out(p) gracious beings erectus entitled Prehistoric Autopsy, result 2 , Dr. Anne Skinner of Williams College in Massachusetts examines scorch attach animal hit the books geological dating back to 1.5 million days ago that were found at a site be by homo erectus at the same time. In her query she is able to prove that the temperature utilize to create these marks was higher(prenominal) than what a natural waken of that environment could produce frankincense suggesting they might have been created by a man do hearth. In his hold up, Adams Tongue: How human do Language, How Language Made Language  Adam Bickerton withal suggests that humans were using fire about this time, listing it among early(a) simultaneous human inventions. More over, Bickertons book dates homo erectus at approximately 2 million years old, examining at gr eat continuance what was occurring in their evolution at this time.\nWhats flame got to do with it?, you ask. Well, controlling fire now meant that human ancestors could cook their food, leading to a much better quality, nutritive rich diet over the difficult to digest grains, grasses, cockamamy and berries that had been relied on prior to core eating days. Bickertons theory differs here, preferring what he calls power scavenging  (involving whatever methods are necessary to cl ask the prize, in this case, dead carcasses of large animals) as a step up from merely cracking bones with stone implements for the marrow they contained inside. I dont mean to suggest that message wasnt eaten until our ancestors learned to control fire. Meat, as shown through dentition and goats rue size in both the video and Bickertons book (Pp. 157) was a large part of their diet. My aim here is to point out that this discovery allowed them to process the affectionateness more efficiently than the peeled scraps theyd previously live on accustomed to. More nutrients, easi...