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 ...

LONDON(AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...

Scientists recently discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans — and it's far older than scholars previously believed. The study, which was published in the ...