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		huherto on April 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Evidence that human ancestors used fire one millio... I suppose it is possible that the "control of fire" was discovered and forgotten many times in the history of human kind.

unimpressive on April 3, 2012 [–]

There have been many things like this in human history. (See: The English learning how to cure scurvy, and then forgetting it.)

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