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 ...

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

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...