New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

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

Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.

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

Archaeologists in Suffolk, UK uncovered a 400,000-year-old campfire, raising major questions about when early humans first ...

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

New research led by the British Museum has found evidence of the world’s oldest human fire-making activity in Barnham, ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...