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Friday, July 8, 2022

Primitive Skills: The Hand Drill

From time to time I feel the urge to be a little primal. An urge that creates a desire to go back to the times when each day pivoted around survival. Where the strong and skilled thrived, and the weak perished. Success of early humans greatly depended on the discovery of fire. Fire is a key part of our history and without it, would not function as we do today. The discovery of fire led to the ability to cook meat after hunts, create warmth in the cold and forge tools to improve living standards. When we look back into human history, there has always been an allure to fire for humans. Is it the warmth and comfort attracting us or the blues and oranges of the flame that hypnotize our minds as we watch them flicker and spark. Regardless of what it is that captivates us, there is no doubt that without fire, our species would simply not exist.