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kid64today at 7:22 PM2 repliesview on HN

The whole idea of dependence on recurring natural fires always seemed suspect to me.


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AlotOfReadingtoday at 7:58 PM

It shouldn't. It's been extensively documented among modern human groups.

The major question is how much our understanding from recent forager groups applies to pleistocene foragers ("ethnographic analogy"). I'm in the generally skeptical camp. Many other anthropologists aren't, particularly those in older generations.

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LeCompteSftwaretoday at 8:55 PM

I'm confused, does this comment have anything to do with the paper? This paper is about fueling a fire, not starting one.

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