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

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

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

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

Professor Nick Ashton, curator of Palaeolithic Collections at the British Museum, said it was the “most exciting discovery of ...

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

A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

Groundbreaking research has revealed the earliest known evidence of human fire-making in the UK, dating back over 400,000 ...

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

The material, found at at disused clay pit in Suffolk, was described by experts as the most exciting find of their careers.

The earliest known evidence of fire-making by humans has been discovered in the United Kingdom and dates back more than 400,000 years, research found.The find, at a disused clay pit near Barnham, ...