Scientists examining traces left behind by early humans continue to find evidence that refuses to stay neatly in place. New ...

Fire sits at the center of how people think about being human, yet its beginnings stay oddly vague. Most readers carry a hazy ...

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material sources suggests a deep understanding of their landscapes. It allowed early ...

Ancient fossils from Moroccan caves, dated with rare precision, offer rare insight into early human evolution.

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Billy Joel famously sang, we didn't start the fire - it was always burning since the world's been turning. But that's not entirely true. Humans do start fires to cook, to heat, to gather around.