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Why Sitting By The Fire Is The Best!
Why Sitting By The Fire Is The Best!
DNews
Published on Dec 28, 2014
Whether we’re out camping, or sitting by a fireplace, humans seem to naturally enjoy sitting by a fire! Why is this?
Read More:
Fire Good. Make Human Inspiration Happen.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fire-good-make-human-inspiration-happen-132494650/?no-ist
“New evidence suggests that fire may have influenced the evolution of the human mind.”
The Evolutionary Reason Why We Love Sitting By A Crackling Fire
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/the-evolutionary-reason-w_n_6171508.html
“Relaxing in front of a crackling fire (or at least the Netflix version) is one of the most enjoyable ways to spend a cold winter evening. And now scientists know why.”
Health and campfire influences on arterial blood pressure: defraying the costs of the social brain through fireside relaxation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25387270
“The importance of fire in human evolutionary history is widely acknowledged but the extent not fully explored. Fires involve flickering light, crackling sounds, warmth, and a distinctive smell.”
Evolution by Fire
http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/11/cooking-and-human-evolution
“ANTHROPOLOGISTS and evolutionary biologists have long sought to understand what makes humans special.”
DNews
Published on Dec 28, 2014
Whether we’re out camping, or sitting by a fireplace, humans seem to naturally enjoy sitting by a fire! Why is this?
Read More:
Fire Good. Make Human Inspiration Happen.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fire-good-make-human-inspiration-happen-132494650/?no-ist
“New evidence suggests that fire may have influenced the evolution of the human mind.”
The Evolutionary Reason Why We Love Sitting By A Crackling Fire
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/18/the-evolutionary-reason-w_n_6171508.html
“Relaxing in front of a crackling fire (or at least the Netflix version) is one of the most enjoyable ways to spend a cold winter evening. And now scientists know why.”
Health and campfire influences on arterial blood pressure: defraying the costs of the social brain through fireside relaxation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25387270
“The importance of fire in human evolutionary history is widely acknowledged but the extent not fully explored. Fires involve flickering light, crackling sounds, warmth, and a distinctive smell.”
Evolution by Fire
http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/11/cooking-and-human-evolution
“ANTHROPOLOGISTS and evolutionary biologists have long sought to understand what makes humans special.”
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