Primitive man was least concerned with fire as a

JAMB 1987

Primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. Before the discovered less laborious ways of making fire, he had to preserve it and whenever he went on a journey he carried a firebrand with him. He discovered that the firebrand, from which the torch may well have developed, could be used for illumination was probably incidental to the primary purpose of preserving a flame.
Lamps too probably developed by accident. Early man may had his first conception of a lamp while watching a twing or fibre burning in the molten fat dropped from roasting carcass. All he had to do was to fashion a vessel to contain fat and float a lighted reed in it. Such lamps which were made of hollow stones or sea-shells have persisted in identical form up to quite recent times.

A. means of cooking
B. source of warmth
C. source of light
D. means of travelling

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation

The text directly states that primitive man was probably more concerned with fire as a source of warmth and as a means of cooking food than as a source of light. The text explains that before discovering easier methods of making fire, primitive man had to preserve it for essential purposes like warmth and cooking. The development of fire as a source of light is mentioned as likely incidental to the primary purpose of preserving a flame.

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