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

Millions of Europeans know where to vacation to laze on the beach, tour ancient ruins and savor local cuisine. But few ...

Professor Nick Ashton, curator of Palaeolithic Collections at the British Museum, said it was the "most exciting discovery of ...

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

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

An excavation in Suffolk, UK, has uncovered pyrite and flint that appear to have been used by ancient humans to light fires ...

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

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

Straddling the Rhine River and offering a glorious blend of Swiss, German and French culture, this city satisfies history ...

The 1,800-year-old Ketton mosaic discovered at England's Rutland villa features a rare retelling of the Trojan War myth not ...

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