The ability to make fire on demand has long been seen as a turning point in our evolutionary story. It unlocked benefits like ...

A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and ...

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 ...

In a bushfire or campfire, it is the glowing soot that we experience as flames. Flames actually extend well above where we ...

A backyard deck replete with yellow and white stripped wooden deck chairs, a matching side table, and a fire pit on legs. - stock_studio/Shutterstock We may receive a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. So, let’s back up and talk about what the fire-making challenge is. Let’s talk about what the ...

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 ...