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 ...

Starting a fire led to advancements such as cooking, which unlocked nutrients that improved the size and cognition of the ...

The earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans was discovered at 400,000-year-old site in Barnham, England, ...

Is it the case that control of fire by Neanderthals was mastered 350,000 years before the previously believed date? Evidence ...

Earliest evidence of human fire-making found at 400,000-year-old Suffolk site. Researchers led by the British Museum have uncovered what they believe is the earliest known evidence of humans making ...

The knowledge of how to make fire rather than relying on the exploitation of naturally occurring fire marked a key ...

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 ...

Survivor 49’s fire-making challenge ended Rizo Velovic’s run as Savannah Louie snapped the rope, broke the “unbreakable Tres ...

A fire pit with a flame and wood planks on a stone patio with green bushes in the background - Deb Perry/Getty Images Fire pits are a popular backyard focal point, and there are plenty of reasons ...

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 ...