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249. Primatologist Explains the 1% Difference Between Humans & Apes | Richard Wrangham

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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What Happened to the Humans?

Fire was first controlled around two million years ago. That's the point at which you see smaller mouths, smaller teeth and evidence of smaller guts to judge from the shape of the ribs and the pelvis. And by the way, um, for the first time a commitment to sleeping on the ground because it is not easy to climb trees. So I think, I think, you know, that all points to why it makes sense that fire was first controlled about 1.9million years ago.

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