Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire was probably built several times at an ...

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

Never mind AI, the internet, or the rocket – it's been argued that the control of fire was the most pivotal technological breakthrough in history. It gave our ancestors protection, the ability to cook ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.

Excited scientists announced Wednesday they have discovered evidence in the UK of humans deliberately making fire 400,000 years ago, dramatically pushing back the timeline for when our ancient ...

At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments of a mineral—iron pyrite—that could have been used to make sparks on ...

The presence of pyrite was an unmistakable sign. Striking flint against pyrite nodules creates sparks, and which can be used to start fire. This pushes back the earliest known controlled use of fire ...