What's a Wolf in a Cave?

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The archaeology word for camp fires inside the cave. And there was a wolf presence, but that but not domesticated. This is especially hard to investigate because in certain places, wolves and inhumans, early humans, are goingto occupy a similar ecological niche and use caves. You don't want to be there at the same time as the wolves. They got sucked into the same time share presentation.

Grab your fire extinguisher and hang on to your eyebrows, we’re building FIRES today. Now, this is pyrotechnology in the anthropological sense; the kind covered in hair metal concert venue liability insurance will have to wait for another day, no no, these are the kind your ancestors made. Get ready for sharp rocks, hairy jello, sooty caves, glowing coals, iron sparks, burnt feet, wolf skulls, fluffy fungus, molten metal, ember tending and more with Yale anthropologist and pyrotechnologist, Dr. Ellery Frahm.

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