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

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

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

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 findings, described in the journal Nature, push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by roughly ...

The study, published in the journal Nature, is based on a years-long examination of a reddish patch of sediment excavated at ...

When Dragon Bravo ignited, in Grand Canyon National Park, officials decided to let it burn. Then the fire spread out of ...

The human use of fire, attested by evidence from Africa, goes back around 1.6m years. But, hitherto, the oldest signs of ...

A small human-caused wildfire was burning Friday near the Turkey Tracks shooting range northwest of Woodland Park, though ...

The 59-year-old man was struck by a falling tree Sunday night while fighting a wildfire near the New South Wales town of ...

Alta Fire initially started 6:53 p.m. Nov. 29 in Los Angeles County, California. It has been burning on private land for five ...