For our early human ancestors, fire was a godsend. This transformative technology could provide warmth, ward off predators, ...
This study is lit. Scientists have discovered charred animal remains in South Africa that are up to 1.8 million years old, ...
The discovery of fire was a major milestone in human evolution, giving our ancestors a way to stay warm, ward off predators, ...
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New study finds hominids used fire 700,000 years earlier than previously recorded
The elusive and ancient Wonderwerk Cave has attracted scientific attention for decades for its ...
The earliest known evidence of human fire-making has been discovered in the UK dating back over 400,000, in a new groundbreaking discovery. Fire-cracked flint, hand axes and heated sediments have been ...
LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...
Lorraine Boissoneault | Author, Body Weather: Notes on Chronic Illness in the Anthropocene The McDougall Creek wildfire burns in the hills of British Columbia, Canada, on August 17, 2023. Evacuation ...
Hominids have been using fire for at least a million years — but scientists have found that human fire-wielding skills during our planet’s last great Ice Age became so advanced that they would have ...
Fragments of iron pyrite, a rock that can be used with flint to make sparks, were found by a 400,000-year-old hearth in eastern Britain. (Jordan Mansfield | Courtesy Pathways to Ancient Britain ...
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