A study shows Neanderthals made first fire in Britain 400,000 years ago, pushing back the timeline of controlled fire use by early humans.

A groundbreaking discovery reveals that early humans, possibly Neanderthals, were using tools to create fire more than ...

Archaeologists in England say a few tiny mineral flecks may rewrite a big chapter in human prehistory. At a site called ...

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 ...

In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

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

Evidence uncovered in a field in Suffolk, England indicates that ancient humans intentionally harnessed fire more than ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...