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Archaeological records indicate that prehistoric people in Europe relied on fire throughout the Ice Age—but the evidence drops off during its harshest period. Reading time 2 minutes Scholars generally ...

Long before cities and empires, the Stone Age world was locked in an unforgiving Ice Inferno. This journey uncovers how early ...

Hominids have been using fire for at least a million years — but scientists have found that human fire-wielding skills during our planet’s last great Ice Age became so advanced that they would have ...

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 ...

Learning to control fire was a game-changer for ancient humans, who could use it to cook food, see at night, and endure cold weather, among other things. This skill dates back at least a million years ...

Archaeologists believe that Homo sapiens in Europe during the Upper Paleolithic period (between 45,000 and 10,000 years ago) used fire in several different ways. “Fire was not just about keeping warm; ...