Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the ...

A study shows Neanderthals made first fire in Britain 400,000 years ago, pushing back the timeline of controlled fire use by ...

The timing of the first human arrival in the Americas remains one of the most debated questions in archaeology. Evidence from butchered mammoth bones, stone tools, and ancient footprints suggests ...

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as "the hobbit" thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

A major archaeological discovery in Suffolk shows that early Neanderthals were making fire about 400,000 years ago, pushing ...

In a discovery that promises to reshape our understanding of early human life, archaeologists in England have unearthed the ...

According to a groundbreaking discovery in a field in Suffolk, humans had mastered the art of creating fire 400,000 years ago ...

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 ...

The hearth was situated close to a natural water source where these early humans are thought to have set up camp.

A 400,000-year-old hearth in an English clay pit suggests our distant cousins were making and tending fire far earlier than ...