Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.

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

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Archaeologists working in the Southern Ural Mountains have uncovered an unexpected clue about how an ancient plague once moved across Eurasia. A tiny sheep tooth found at the Bronze Age site of Arkaim ...