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Re:Hominin head-scratcher: who butchered this rhino 700k yea... by goldenkey on Thursday May 03, 2018 @11:04AM (#16986661)
I guess most people like me haven't thought about the necessity of a fire pit on wooden boats. Only other thing I could think of would be well fed exothermic animals onboard.
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Re:Hominin head-scratcher: who butchered this rhino 700k yea... by TallGuyShort on Thursday May 03, 2018 @11:41AM (#16986964)
Well-fed, well-clothed exothermic humans do just fine so long as they're staying dry - air doesn't conduct heat the way water does, even if it's adjacent to water.
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Re:Hominin head-scratcher: who butchered this rhino 700k yea... by pavel_lishin on Thursday May 03, 2018 @01:36PM (#16987972)
A fire pit is fine as long as your boat is fairly wet, I believe.

You should pick up Kon-Tiki - those guys discovered a lot about ancient boating.

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