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trevorkoob
Makes sense that we have been cooking for a long time.

Our intestines look as though they have evolved around an environment of cooked food, and that takes many many thousands of years

Koshkin
Well I’m sure other species took advantage of forest fires, too.
cuttlefisch
The article also indicates the fish were cooked at a controlled temperature
fuzzfactor
I would estimate they were doing just fine even if they had yet to perfect digital temperature control.
qubex
“Taking advantage of forrest fires” is not a long-term strategy for survival unless you also evolve a penchant for arson, and then you’d run out of forests pretty quickly once your local population rises even slightly.