Archaeological records indicate that prehistoric people in Europe relied on fire throughout the Ice Age—but the evidence ...

Grab some wood from the corner store, set it up in your backyard fire pit, and strike a match. But how did our Ice Age ...

Ice Age hearths reveal how early humans mastered fire for warmth, cooking, toolmaking, and survival in extreme environments.

The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the Western Roman Empire.

Researchers in Vienna found three fireplaces from the coldest period of the Ice Age, also the most mysterious.

A team of international scientists, led by researchers from the University of Southampton, has traced strange, out-of-place ...

Evidence from a prehistoric site at the shore of the Dnister river in modern-day Ukraine shows that people living during the ...

Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools -- it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling that hardly any ...

Stone Age humans mastered fire technology during Earth's harshest climate period 23,000 years ago, creating hearths that ...

Ice cores that record 1.2 million years of Earth’s atmosphere are on their way to Europe to be analysed, and an Australian ...

Scientists have made a “sensational” find at one of Austria’s most famous Palaeolithic sites, shedding light on daily life before the peak of the last Ice Age. They discovered two distinct ...