Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...

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

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have mastered the art of making fire far earlier than previously believed – and they have the scorched evidence to prove it.

The findings push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by roughly 350,000 years. Until now, the oldest confirmed evidence had come from Neanderthal sites (northern France) dating to ...

Excited scientists announced Wednesday they have discovered evidence in the UK of humans deliberately making fire 400,000 years ago, dramatically pushing back the timeline for when our ancient ...

The presence of pyrite was an unmistakable sign. Striking flint against pyrite nodules creates sparks, and which can be used to start fire. This pushes back the earliest known controlled use of fire ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.

Evidence uncovered in a field in Suffolk, England indicates that ancient humans intentionally harnessed fire more than 350,000 years earlier than previously believed. According to a British Museum-led ...

The buried remains of a small child, discovered nearly a century ago in a cave on Israel’s Mount Carmel, are once again at the center of a scientific storm. Long regarded as an early Homo sapiens, the ...

It was all gratitude for the prehistoric beasts that once roamed the earth at the American Museum of Natural History gala in New York. It was all gratitude for the prehistoric beasts that once roamed ...