Class 6 Social Science - History Our Past - Chapter From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food NCERT Solutions | List three ways in which hunter-gatherer
List three ways in which hunter-gatherers used fire (see page 15). Would you use fire for any of these purposes today?
Hunter-gatherers used fire in the following ways:
- As a source of light – Fire helped them see in the dark.
- To roast meat – They used fire to cook food, which made it tastier and easier to eat.
- To scare away animals – Fire protected them from wild animals at night by keeping dangerous creatures away.
- To clear the jungle - Fire helped them to clearing forest area for staying on a clean surface
Would we use fire for these purposes today?
Yes, we still use fire for some of these purposes today. For example, we use fire for cooking food. However, we don’t need fire as much for light because we have electric lights now, and we usually don’t use fire to scare away animals, as we live in safer places.
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