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Homo erectus is also believed to have used fire during it's existence on earth. Some of the evidence for this is having
to do with the vertical soot markings on the walls of the cave in Zhoukoudian. The first signs of man's use of fire came from
a cold period of history about 450,000 years ago from sites in Hungary and Pekin. In both of these locations hearths have
been found near remains of Homo erectus. It is possible that fire was first used for warmth and that it may have only started
to be used for cooking completely by accident. This can also be speculated as there is no evidence of the Homo erectus in
Africa using fire for anything. It is also presumed that man's use of natural fire led to man learning how to create it artificially.
Acheulean tools were one of the main advancements of Homo erectus over their earlier ancestors. Early Acheulean
tools were found in many sites that Homo erectus fossils have been found. These tools were used as hand axes most likely to
kill prey and as cleavers to cut up what they killed. Earlier tools found may have been used to dig up roots of plants and
to skin animals as well as other purposes. Later Acheulean flint tools are much further refined than those earlier ones as
they have been specially chipped to make thinner tools with a sharp edge and a point to one end.
With Homo erectus' use of tools and weapons, Organization and intelligence, it is thought that he could kill other
animals like Deer, Horses, Bison, Wild pigs, Primates and even animals as dangerous as Rhinoceros and Elephants (Young, 1971).
Homo erectus also lived in family type groups and cared for others within their society when they were sick or wounded (McQueen,
2004). We can also tell that Homo erectus migrated with the different seasons so that they always had a food source around
them and had a less chance of running out of food.
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