Doors are such an important invention that multiple unrelated animals have evolved modified body parts to serve as doors to burrows¹. Being able to store food is critically important for surviving low-food periods like winter without migrating. "Indoors" lets you store food without insects or other animals getting to it & stealing it. Fire allows for hardening clay, which lets you make a special tiny "indoors" called a "pot" for storing food. Also bricks so "indoors" can be made anywhere. With a roof the rain stays out & you can stay dry & warm, and not freeze at night. A significant portion of why fire is so important is it enables creating various sorts of "indoors".
If I have to survive the night, overhead protection and thermal insulation is more important than a fire. Source: I've tried using both without the other.
SketchySeaBeast|4 months ago
SAI_Peregrinus|4 months ago
¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phragmosis
IAmBroom|4 months ago
If I have to survive the night, overhead protection and thermal insulation is more important than a fire. Source: I've tried using both without the other.
hinkley|4 months ago
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supportengineer|4 months ago