For millennia, humans have told stories about stealing fire from the gods. In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus gifts ...

Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University ...

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 ...

Man’s ancestors learned to use fire as early as 1.7 million years ago – much sooner than previously known, according to a new ...

The findings highlight the nuanced ways in which early humans kept themselves well-fed. The latest findings come from the first independent investigation of the Monte Verde site in 50 years—and the ...

The first major evolutionary change in the human diet was the incorporation of meat and marrow from large animals, which occurred by at least 2.6 million years ago. The diet of the earliest hominins ...

A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned bones deep inside the cave, where natural wildfires ...