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

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

An unusual new rock collection discovered by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover suggests the Red Planet's ancient past was wet ...

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

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of ...

Excited scientists have discovered evidence in the UK of humans deliberately making fire 400,000 years ago, dramatically ...

The modern-day Bo people of southeastern China have long maintained that they had no connection to those inside the hanging coffins.

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

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

The discovery is the only known early Christian-era example of its kind outside Italy, revealing an ancient past when ...

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