Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Long dismissed as poor construction, ‘self-healing’ lime clasts have helped Ancient Roman structures persist for millennia.

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Are people willing to believe in AI because it taps into myths that are deeply ingrained in their imaginations?

Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire was probably built several times at an ...

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...