Sure Mike, I too looked it up before I replied.

That doesn't take away from the possibility that the cave man carried ember(s) from their dying fire to make a new fire somewhere else.
Obviously, if such embers were to be used to start a fire at a new location then there would ultimately be flame, followed by yet more ember to carry to the next place.

>Hi Jim
>
>em·ber Pronunciation Key (mbr)
>n.
>A small, glowing piece of coal or wood, as in a dying fire.
>embers The smoldering coal or ash of a dying fire.
>
>Ashes are the burned out remnants of a fire ;)
>
>>>>> When people here try to raise ideas for making VFP more widely known a certain UT member never fails to crap all over the idea, essentially dousing the embers before they ever have a chance to take flame. <<
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>>>Mangled metaphor alert! <g> Embers are the remnants of a fire which has already burned.
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>>>Mike (language pedant)
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>>Fair enough. But I've always heard that our cave ancestors carried embers with them to start a new fire at a new site. I have no idea how they did this, mind you.
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>>cheers