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

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

New evidence in England suggests that Neanderthals lit and controlled fires long before the first recorded use of controlled ...

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

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

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 ...

Archaeologists in Suffolk, UK uncovered a 400,000-year-old campfire, raising major questions about when early humans first learned to control fire. The evidence challenges long-standing timelines and ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

A new study published in the Journal of World Prehistory reveals that some of humanity's earliest artistic representations of ...

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

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...