Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...
An excavation in Suffolk, UK, has uncovered pyrite and flint that appear to have been used by ancient humans to light fires ...
Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...
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, ...
Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...
A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...
Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest-known evidence of deliberately lit campfires at a site in the UK dated to be ...
Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.
In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...
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