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

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

Two of these periods, around 25,000 and 23,000 years ago, coincide with the Last Glacial Maximum. The Last Glacial Maximum, ...

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.

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

Clark, P. U. & Mix, A. C. Ice sheets and sea level of the last glacial maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews 21, 1-7 (2002). ———— Northern Hemisphere ice-sheet influences on global climate ...

During the glacial–interglacial cycles of the past half million years, it took well over 50,000 years for continental ice sheets to grow to their maximum extent. In contrast, the transitions ...