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There's a lot of theorizing that early sapiens intentionally set fires to clear thick, impassable forests and kill game in the process. The cleared areas would

There's a lot of theorizing that early sapiens intentionally set fires to clear thick, impassable forests and kill game in the process. The cleared areas would make post-fire hunting easier as well.

asdff 3y ago
This is still practiced to an extent by the Aboriginal Australians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire-stick_farming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire-stick_farming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fire_(Noongar_fire_type) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fire_(Noongar_fire_type)
defrost 3y ago
> thick impassable forests Trad burning in Australia has largely been to cool burn undergrowth in the forest areas (relatively small land area) and to patch burn open grass lands (majority of area) eg: https://youtu.be/wZL5rITqpwU?t=208 https://youtu.be/wZL5rITqpwU?t=208