Hundreds of thousands of years ago, could Beijingers drink boiled water? Why?

Do Beijingers realize the necessity of drinking boiled water?

In my opinion, Beijingers at that time should have realized that drinking clean river water is better for their health than drinking dirty muddy water, but they are unlikely to know that boiling water will kill bacteria. So when they are thirsty, they should look for nearby rivers and streams and drink them directly.

2. Boiling water involves oil consumption (the specific heat of water is very high). At that time, the main materials for the fire were dry leaves and firewood. In the case of low productivity at that time, these limited fire materials should give priority to heating and lighting, and it is unlikely to be used to popularize drinking water. Therefore, under that condition, the possibility of drinking water after boiling is very small.

Compared with drinking boiled water, Beijingers who eat cooked food are more inclined to drink wild vegetable soup or bone soup while cooking. Of course, this is different from the concept of drinking boiled water. Whether there was such a container at that time remains to be discovered by archaeology.

To sum up, it is very unlikely for Beijingers to drink boiled water, even if there is one, it is accidental.

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