Ice Age hearths reveal how early humans mastered fire for warmth, cooking, toolmaking, and survival in extreme environments.

Researchers in Vienna found three fireplaces from the coldest period of the Ice Age, also the most mysterious.

Humans have come a long way as the most dominant species on Earth, largely due to sophisticated adaptations, ingenuity, and ...

Our ancestors’ ability to recognize water sources was crucial to their survival. As a result, the attraction to lustrous ...

Theopetra Cave, in Greece, believed to be the oldest human construction on earth, reopened to the public after 9 years of ...

For millennia, fire has been considered an essential element for human survival: it not only provided warmth in hostile ...