The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

An excavation in Suffolk, UK, has uncovered pyrite and flint that appear to have been used by ancient humans to light fires ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

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

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

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

Authorities are investigating how three dogs escaped from their owner's property before attacking and killing a man out for ...

A man broke into a closed petrol station in Spain and stole just £1.30 from the cash register. Despite the small amount taken ...

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