Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

The Curator of Palaeolithic Collections at the Briish Musuem, Professor Nick Ashton, explains why the discovery is so exciting. The earliest known evidence of fire-making by humans has been discovered ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England ...

Archaeologists working in eastern England say they have uncovered the earliest known evidence of humans deliberately making ...

Earliest evidence of human fire-making found at 400,000-year-old Suffolk site. Researchers led by the British Museum have uncovered what they believe is the earliest known evidence of humans making ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...

Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the earliest fire-making, dating back 400,000 years, in Suffolk, England. The mastery of fire was long considered the exclusive hallmark of modern humans, ...

Early humans may have created fire 400,000 years ago, according to evidence unearthed at an archaeological site in England. Although there is evidence that early humans used natural fire in Africa as ...

Groundbreaking research has revealed the earliest known evidence of human fire-making in the UK, dating back over 400,000 years. This discovery, at a disused clay pit near Barnham, Suffolk, pushes the ...