How did early humans know how to make fire?

Question

How did early humans know how to make fire?

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Answer 1

We don’t really know

There are evidence of “humans” using fire at least 1 million years ago, however when that changed from “using fire”, to being able to “create fire” is unknown.

There were however, isolated primitive societies that came into contact with the more modern world (modern being say 1500s-1800s) that used fire, but did not yet have the ability or knowledge to create fire themselves. Not sure if that answers your question, but more to point out that some humans figured it out, and others didn’t.