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 ...
A pair of inch-long mineral chunks found in Suffolk has triggered an ‘enormous’ change in our understanding of early human life. The pieces of pyrite – an iron-rich material which makes sparks when ...
Billy Joel famously sang, we didn't start the fire - it was always burning since the world's been turning. But that's not entirely true. Humans do start fires to cook, to heat, to gather around.