About 1.4 million years ago, a hominin whose facial fragments were later found at Sima del Elefante lived in what is now ...

For millennia, humans have told stories about stealing fire from the gods. In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus gifts fire to humanity after sneaking it away from the gods’ home on Mount Olympus.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Wonderwerk Cave entrance. Burned fossil bones in Wonderwerk Cave suggest early humans used fire there between 1.07 and 1.79 ...

A New Zealand cave has revealed million-year-old fossils, including 12 ancient bird species and four frog species. Experts believe the discovery shows how drastically New Zealand's forest culture has ...

Ancient footprints in Kenya reveal that eight Paranthropus boisei may have traveled together 1.4 million years ago, with some individuals reaching surprisingly large, human-like body sizes. The tracks ...

Eight ancient human relatives crossed a muddy lakeshore in northern Kenya about 1.43 million years ago. Their footprints survived together, preserving a rare moment of group movement that now ...

Fire leaves behind a simple story when it is fresh. Ash settles, bones blacken, wood chars. Over a million years later, that story becomes much harder to read. In South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave, ...