Read full article: 1 killed in deputy-involved shooting in Leesburg, officials say LONDON – Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, ...

Fragments of iron pyrite, a rock that can be used with flint to make sparks, were found by a 400,000-year-old hearth in eastern Britain. (Jordan Mansfield | Courtesy Pathways to Ancient Britain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Based on a pile of archaeological evidence, researchers think that Neanderthals were deliberately lighting fires as a site in ...

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.

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...