Evidence from a site in southeast England suggests early humans were purposefully and repeatedly igniting blazes roughly ...

By Will Dunham Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans ...

The study, published in the journal Nature, is based on a years-long examination of a reddish patch of sediment excavated at ...

NICK ASHTON: We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. ROTT: Which would make the site ...

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, ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

Researchers identified a repeatedly used campfire including heated clay, heat-shattered flint handaxes and iron pyrite ...

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

Fossilized footprints found in both Laetoli, Tanzania, and Trachilos, Crete, may be the earliest evidence of upright walking.

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

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