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, ...

A new study published in Geoarchaeology reveals that Ice Age humans crafted hearths in the frozen steppe of Ukraine with such finesse that they achieved temperatures over 600°C. These were deliberate, ...

Nancy Kellogg, president of Colorado chapter of the ARCS Foundation, with treasurer Shirleen Tucker.

Those comparisons, laid out in a paper published in Quaternary Science Reviews, point to a surprising conclusion: the Baume ...

For ancient humans, learning to build fires was a life-changing. Fire could be used to cook their food, light up […] ...

Giant icebergs once scraped the seafloor near Britain, offering clues about ancient ice shelves and future sea-level rise.

Similar Palaeolithic dogs have emerged at sites in Germany, Spain, and Belgium. The 14,000-year-old remains at Bonn-Oberkassel, for instance, included a partial skeleton that was buried with humans.

An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch towards hunting reindeer for ...

The view that the Chinese leadership was desperate to negotiate a trade deal, to avoid economic pain that could destabilize ...