It’s the reason humans have progressed to where we are as a species today.
It has allowed the human species to thrive in the harshest of conditions.
It has given us the ability to create protection and hunting tools, change the environment, make use of nighttime activity, cook, expand our diets while destroying bacteria and germ spread, and lead to our biological advancement as a species by enabling physiological evolution such as brain size growth.
It’s hard to imagine a single element, No.16 on the periodic table, is almost single-handedly responsible for such a turning point in our history from its discovery and use.
How, you ask?