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

Man's ancestors transported stones over long distances to craft tools 2.6 million years ago - 600,000 years earlier than previously thought. Stone tools unearthed in Kenya reveal that hominins ...

The Isle of Skye is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. And here, archaeologists have found signs of a journey that defies expectation. Thousands of ...

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

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

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

Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire was probably built several times at an ...

New research shows early humans relied on many plant foods. They ground seeds, cooked roots, and used simple tools long ...

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

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

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 ...