Fire is one of the most important forces on Earth. The use of fire by humans has long been considered as a defining property of intelligence, separating us from other animals. The exact timing of ...

Fire is one of the most important forces on Earth. The use of fire by humans has long been considered as a defining property of intelligence, separating us from other animals. The exact timing of ...

At least two isolated sites show earlier humans using fire before 400,000 years ago, Tattersall said. For instance, at a site in Israel, dating back about 800,000 years, archaeologists have found ...

“At first, early humans were fire foragers, meaning they knew fire could be beneficial. When they encountered it on the landscape, they would watch or follow it,” Gowlett says. After encountering a ...

Researchers analyze nine prehistoric sites with evidence of fire use and determine why exactly early humans built fire.

Previous research has shown that the first instance of fire use occurred around 1.9 million years ago, around the time humans’ ancestors began to develop bigger noggins. RELATED STORIES ...

The find is about 200,000 years older than the previous earliest evidence for human use of fire. But the more lasting significance of the discovery, reported Monday in Proceedings of the National ...

Mastering fire gave early humans the edge to survive and thrive. Discover the science and mystery behind one of the most important discoveries in human history.

Early humans had begun to make their first permanent mark on the landscape. Many people around the world still rely on fire for warmth, cooking, ritual and socializing – including the research ...

Intriguingly, humans are the only animals that know how to control and create fire. Though we have used fire for both tremendous good and profound evil, it is one key way in which mankind is separate ...