The ability to make fire on demand has long been seen as a turning point in our evolutionary story. It unlocked benefits like ...

A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and ...

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 ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England ...

Archaeologists working in eastern England say they have found the earliest known traces of humans deliberately kindling fire, ...

(CNN) — A field in eastern England has revealed evidence of the earliest known instance of humans creating and controlling fire, a significant find that archaeologists say illuminates a dramatic ...

Archaeologists working in eastern England say they have uncovered the earliest known evidence of humans deliberately making ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...