A new study published in Geoarchaeology reveals that Ice Age humans crafted hearths in the frozen steppe of Ukraine with such ...

From frozen landscapes to dramatic shifts in terrain, the Ice Age dramatically altered Earth's geography. Join us as we ...

Learning to control fire was a game-changer for ancient humans, who could use it to cook food, see at night, and endure cold ...

Differences between the fireplaces suggest a clever and intentional use. Whether it was used for cooking, heating, lighting, ...

Melting glaciers 10,000 years ago sped up continental drift and volcanic activity, a process that could repeat as modern ice ...

Hominids have been using fire for at a million years — but scientists have found that humans were grilling down during the ...

Sophisticated Pyrotechnology in the Ice Age: This Is How Humans Made Fire Tens ... regularly lush and green with rivers and lakes over a period of 8 million years, allowing for the occupation ...

The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), for example, was the iciest part of the most recent glacial period in Earth's current ice age – and presumably a great time to cozy up by a fire.

"We know that fire was widespread before and after this period, but there is little evidence from the height of the Ice Age," explained William Murphree, a geoarchaeologist at the University of ...

According to George, the Central Valley is home to a number of significant fossil finds—including California's state dinosaur ...