GoKawiilStudy Proposes Wildfires Sparked Humanity's First Pottery Techniques
A researcher has proposed the 'natural kiln hypothesis,' suggesting that early humans discovered fire-hardened clay through exposure to intense wildfires rather than through deliberate experimentation with hearths. Observing clay baked solid by these natural blazes may have shown ancient people that heat could transform soft earth into a durable, useful material, eventually leading to intentional pottery-making.