Far from the baby-cheeked cherubs of Renaissance art, they were fiery beings who inspired fear.

The king cobra occupies a singular position in the natural world-one defined not just by its biology but also by an unlikely ...

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

An excavation in Suffolk, UK, has uncovered pyrite and flint that appear to have been used by ancient humans to light fires ...

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

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

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

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 ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the distinction between hominids and hominins and traces the evolutionary ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.