For early humans, fire was not a given. In fact, most archaeological sites that date to earlier than 400,000 years ago lack ...

New Israeli research suggests large game was smoked as early as 1.8 million years ago, a survival strategy that may have ...

Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow ...

Prof. Ran Barkai holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy. Did prehistoric humans know that ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fossil discoveries from the seabed in the Madura Strait, Indonesia, including Homo erectus skull fragments and remains of 36 vertebrate species, indicate that ...

In the flicker of those ancient fires — built not for feasting, but for vigilance and smoking meat — Homo erectus paved the ...

Learn why early humans may have started using fires — not for cooking, but for securing and preventing their food from ...

Far before modern humans ever walked the Earth, our Homo erectus ancestors made arduous journeys to the present-day islands of Southeast Asia. Fossil remnants of H. erectus have been left all across ...

Fossils discovered beneath the Madura Strait in Indonesia reveal a previously unknown population of Homo erectus inhabiting the submerged Sundaland region. The findings, including over 6,000 ...

Using Uranium series ablation to date the bone, researchers established its age to be at least 67,000 years, making it the oldest ... particularly Homo Erectus, reached Southeast Asia via land ...