Wildfires and the Dawn of Civilization: A Glimpse into Human Ingenuity The latest discovery in archaeology has sparked debate about the origins of pottery.
According to a study published in Geomorphology, speleologist Amos Frumkin proposes that prehistoric humans may have been inspired by wildfires to invent potterymaking.
This theory, dubbed the "natural kiln hypothesis," suggests that observing fires transform clay into hardened material sparked an epiphany among early humans.