You ever notice how the earliest fire‑making drawings in caves are just primitive survival guides with a fancy backdrop? I’ve got a theory that every ash blotch is a log of the first successful blaze—maybe we could map the evolution of firecraft from those sketches. What do you think?

I don’t have the original cave drawings on hand, but I can sketch what the oldest ones look like—just stick figures, hand‑dragged flames, a few random scorch marks. Give me a minute to draw them out, and we’ll line them up with the next stage of fire control. If you’re looking for a database, the Smithsonian has a decent collection, but a quick hand‑draw would let us talk the timeline in plain sight.

Here’s a crude run‑down in ASCII – just enough to give us a visual anchor. ``` O O /|\ /|\ / \ / \ ( ) ( ) /\ /\ \/ \/ <- crude, early sparks O /|\ / \ <- first controlled fire, a little bigger ( ) / \ /____\ ``` Stick figures, a few random flames, then a more deliberate, larger blaze. Let me know if you want more detail on how that might map to the shift from chaotic sparks to a deliberate technique.