The inhabitants probably hadn’t mastered fire-making, but researchers say they may have moved and maintained flames from a ...

A new atmospheric reconstruction reveals that human-driven ozone depletion likely began decades earlier than previously ...

Early fire use: Evidence from Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa suggests early humans carried and used fire 1.7 million years ago without fully mastering ignition. Planned toolmaking: Basalt tools from ...

A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned bones deep inside the cave, where natural wildfires ...

Way before early Humans knew how to make fire, they learned to control it. Previous research showed that this happened about a million years ago. But a South African cave could push this timeline back ...

With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered the strongest evidence yet that mysterious, early-universe objects known as "little red dots" are actually black hole stars, ...

BARCELONA, SPAIN—IFL Science reports that analysis of dental calculus samples taken from 18 Neanderthals, 745 modern humans, and 96 great apes suggests that Neanderthals consumed insects about as ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX is aiming to list its shares as early as June 12 and has picked the Nasdaq as the ‌trading venue for its blockbuster market ...

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Without a doubt, UCLA has had one of the more hectic and unique paths to where it stands right now. Since the Bruins ushered in the Bob Chesney era, “hype” is a word commonly used to describe the ...

Mount Tai reveals traces of the earliest civilizations in China. Credit: xiquinhosilva / CC BY 2.0 China has announced its top 10 archaeological discoveries for 2025, highlighting major finds that ...