New scientific analysis has redated Saudi Arabia’s massive camel carvings to nearly 8,000 years old, making them among the ...

Learning to light our own fires was one of the great turning points in human history, offering our ancestors warmth, a place ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

Determining the exact age of the Giza Pyramids is one of archaeology’s greatest challenges. In this episode, we explore the ...

The study, published in the journal Nature, is based on a years-long examination of a reddish patch of sediment excavated at ...

Evidence uncovered in a field in Suffolk, England indicates that ancient humans intentionally harnessed fire more than ...

While keeping the long-dead crocodilian intact, McKnight and her team also “virtually” recreated the bronze hook lodged in ...

Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have uncovered evidence in the U.K. of humans intentionally making fire 400,000 years ...

Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and ...

A 2,100-year-old Hasmonean Wall found in Jerusalem’s Old City offers rare evidence of ancient defenses dismantled during a ...

The discovery pushes back global fire-making timelines and suggests our ancestors transported materials, such as iron pyrite, ...

A research team led by Professor Luo Shujin from the School of Life Sciences has uncovered a surprising chapter in the ...