Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?

Sea levels rose at the end of the last Ice Age, drowning vast portions of Australia’s ancient landscape. Recent underwater ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.

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