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 site where the earliest known human-made fire was discovered was the "perfect location" for early humans, a researcher ...
Archaeologists working in eastern England say they have uncovered the earliest known evidence of humans deliberately making ...
The earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans was discovered at 400,000-year-old site in Barnham, England, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...