text: how did the first man on earth learned how to make fire ?   man used fire, long before he was capable of creating it himself. fire is a natural phenomenon, and usually created by lightning. for a very long time, man only had to maintain the fire, by stoking it and keeping it lit. it was probably an accidental discovery, when someone, hit two stones together and saw a spark. one stone was flint, which is still being used today, to create fire. mostly in cigarette lighters. if they did spot the spark and perhaps with it being against some dry grass, it caught fire, it wouldn't be long, before they put two and two together. remember early cro-magnon man, had the same brain power as we do today.