Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading ...

Cities from New York to Houston are sinking into the ground little by little, putting an estimated $109 billion of property ...

New theories suggest that a powerful cosmic ray storm from deep space may have triggered Earth’s last Ice Age, altering ...

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

Evidence from a prehistoric site at the shore of the Dnister river in modern-day Ukraine shows that people living during the ...

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

Tools from South Africa’s Robberg caves match styles found in Namibia and Lesotho, suggesting early humans shared methods and ...

Yeast is already a familiar ingredient to bakers and winemakers, but new research from the University of Georgia suggests it ...

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

Hominids have been using fire for at least a million years — but scientists have found that human fire-wielding skills during our planet's last great Ice Age became so advanced that they would have ...

Wisconsin's Ice Age National Scenic Trail has become more popular than ever. An economic impact study showed that nearly 4.7 million people use the trail each year. The study showed that Ice Age ...