polaris93
Jan 25, 2010 21:52
How Fire's Ecology Has Changed
Ever since humans have first seized fire, we have used it to our own ends, remade more and more of the biosphere, and fiercely guarded our monopoly. The relationship is odd, unlike anything else on the planet -- more than the bonding of an artisan with a favored tool, more than the affinity between a herder and his
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