Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk — a hearth apparently made by Neanderthals about 415,000 years ago — ...

Researchers believe the location served as a hunter-gatherer camp frequented by homo heidelbergensis, an early human ancestor ...

Creating African-patterned ceramic plant pots is a beautiful way to merge art and nature. The vibrant designs are inspired by ...

The site where the earliest known human-made fire was discovered was the "perfect location" for early humans, a researcher ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clay, N.Y. — A home in Clay was heavily damaged early Thursday when a fire ripped through the roof of the house. Around 3 a.m., a 911 caller reported the fire at 5408 Caughdenoy Road, according to ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of ancient humans igniting fires: a 400,000-year-old open-air hearth buried in an old clay pit in southern England.

Archaeologists in England have discovered pyrite pieces in a clay pit, providing the oldest evidence of controlled fire use by humans, dating back 4 lakh years.

Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than we thought, scientists discover - Fire-cracked flint and heated sediments have ...

A 400,000-year-old hearth in an English clay pit suggests our distant cousins were making and tending fire far earlier than scientists once believed.