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When did we become human?

I was chatting with a scientist friend a while ago and were discussing how intelligent porpoises appear to be and how they have such large brains. I asked him why porpoises hadn't progressed further in terms of the things humans can do. His answer was that porpoises can't create and control fire. It seemed a like a reasonable answer and I'll offer it to the thread. We became humans when we learned to create and control fire.

Fire, specifically, is an example of controlling one's environment and, in this case, through chemical manipulation. Dolphins can't do this in the water, obviously. But could they understand the ramifications of fire if they were land-dwelling? Who knows. It's been shown they have language, so they can probably pass on knowledge... but do they understand things like "shelter" and "warmth" and "cook" like we do?
 
There is a theory that dinosaurs which ruled the planet for millions of years were wiped out by ETs in order for what became mankind to eventually develop to the stage we are today. Anyone believe this? What if the gods the ancient cultures worshipped a few thousand years ago were really ETs who came to this planet to help rudimentary civilizations?
 
Fire, specifically, is an example of controlling one's environment and, in this case, through chemical manipulation. Dolphins can't do this in the water, obviously. But could they understand the ramifications of fire if they were land-dwelling? Who knows. It's been shown they have language, so they can probably pass on knowledge... but do they understand things like "shelter" and "warmth" and "cook" like we do?

One can't truly know. But no matter, living in a water environment and not having an opposable thumb prevents them from developing technology.
 
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