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

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Archaeological evidence makes a compelling case for Neanderthal-created fires 400,000 years ago in Suffolk, UK — plus, how ...

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

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...

THE TRADITION of painting walls to share ideas or commemorate events stretches back to the earliest days of human civilisation, when cave dwellers first decorated stone surfaces with stories of their ...

Modern human faces are surprisingly delicate compared with the jutting jaws and broad noses of our closest extinct cousins.

As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human brain cells as computational ...