Modern Humans emerged roughly 200,000 years ago. Use of fire dates back at least 400,000 years and possibly as far back as 1,700,000.
Removing fire from the hominid tool kit would probably butterfly away humans as we know them. You'd probably see somewhat different hominids emerging from Homo Erectus, or possibly a longer survival of homo erectus.
You'd see much lower hominid population densities, smaller hominid groups, over a much more restricted area. They'd probably not cope well with northern regions. But they'd also face serious competition from more conventional apes in the tropics. They'd likely be much more vulnerable to predators, shorter life spans, more health issues.
Just about every facet of human culture would be seriously butterflied. Humans as we know them would not exist. The alternate homo that did exist would almost certainly be tool users of some sort, but the tool use would probably be less significant. Better than chimps, better than otters, at least as good as erectus, not so well as sapiens.
Removing fire from the hominid tool kit would probably butterfly away humans as we know them. You'd probably see somewhat different hominids emerging from Homo Erectus, or possibly a longer survival of homo erectus.
You'd see much lower hominid population densities, smaller hominid groups, over a much more restricted area. They'd probably not cope well with northern regions. But they'd also face serious competition from more conventional apes in the tropics. They'd likely be much more vulnerable to predators, shorter life spans, more health issues.
Just about every facet of human culture would be seriously butterflied. Humans as we know them would not exist. The alternate homo that did exist would almost certainly be tool users of some sort, but the tool use would probably be less significant. Better than chimps, better than otters, at least as good as erectus, not so well as sapiens.