[trevorkoob]

Makes sense that we have been cooking for a long time.

Our intestines look as though they have evolved around an environment of cooked food, and that takes many many thousands of years

[Koshkin]

Well I’m sure other species took advantage of forest fires, too.

[qubex]

“Taking advantage of forrest fires” is not a long-term strategy for survival unless you also evolve a penchant for arson, and then you’d run out of forests pretty quickly once your local population rises even slightly.

[cuttlefisch]

The article also indicates the fish were cooked at a controlled temperature

[fuzzfactor]

I would estimate they were doing just fine even if they had yet to perfect digital temperature control.