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 ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

Archaeologists in Suffolk, UK uncovered a 400,000-year-old campfire, raising major questions about when early humans first ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

The site where the earliest known human-made fire was discovered was the "perfect location" for early humans, a researcher ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...