{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English ","title":"#622 | A Short History of Fire","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/150481d8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1479,"description":"A million years ago, in a cave in South Africa, our ancestors did something no other animal has ever done: they controlled fire. \nFire cooked our food, shrank our guts, grew our brains, and gave us the deep sleep and fireside stories that made us human. \nThis is the story of our species' oldest technology, and how the same flames that built the modern world may now threaten it. \n\nWonderwerk Cave evidence of controlled fire by Homo erectus\nEarly humans managed fire for warmth, light and safety\nCooking increased calories, shrinking guts and growing brains\nChimps prefer cooked food but cannot make fire\nFire enabled deep sleep on the ground, improving memory\nNight fires fostered storytelling, language, imagination and community bonds\nFire shaped domestic roles and early pair bonding theories\nHumans learnt to make fire by striking and friction\nFrom wood to coal and oil, powering industrial transformation\nEnvironmental costs from burning fossil fuels\n\nFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/history-of-fire","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HIneD2bpN38ZyIYQqvz9OwtMc5c5ep366psJkVe0ZiU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzU3MDEvMTYyMDk3/Mzg5MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}