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  1. I feel that I'm getting close to being able to start a friction fire. This time I got plenty of smoke, but my string broke before I got a stable ember.

    The irony is that I used a synthetic string for the bow because I'm trying to do this on "easy mode", but I'm pretty sure one of my own hand twisted strings would have held up better.

    #neolithicTech #firebow #fireStarting

  2. This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires We didn’t start the fire. ❲Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.❳… https://s.faithcollapsing.com/fu001#archaeology #firestarting #hominins #making-fire #neanderthals #science

  3. This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires We didn’t start the fire. ❲Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.❳… https://s.faithcollapsing.com/fu001#archaeology #firestarting #hominins #making-fire #neanderthals #science

  4. This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires We didn’t start the fire. ❲Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.❳… https://s.faithcollapsing.com/fu001#archaeology #firestarting #hominins #making-fire #neanderthals #science

  5. This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires We didn’t start the fire. ❲Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.❳… https://s.faithcollapsing.com/fu001#archaeology #firestarting #hominins #making-fire #neanderthals #science

  6. I earned my girl scout badge for #firestarting while dog sitting at my friend's place who has a #woodstove. He uses it exclusively for heat despite having a functioning furnace. He had on the furnace to 21C/70F for me during the day & 18C/64F at night, so I tried my hand at making a cozy fire in the evening while relaxing with the dog.

  7. What's your favourite natural tinder for spark ignition, and why?

    For me yucca fibre takes *really* well, cattail fluff has been a good flash tinder to get other ones burning, and some inner bark from cedar that I had processed previously was *superb*.

    #survival #fireStarting