A stunning discovery buried deep inside a cave for 1.8 million years is rewriting the story of human evolution.

The discovery of fire was a major milestone in human evolution, giving our ancestors a way to stay warm, ward off predators, ...

Evolution Space, a Mojave, Calif-based launch provider, announced today the successful qualification fire campaign of its next-generation spaceloft motor on Saturday, October 29 at 1:56pm pst at the ...

Researchers say traces of repeated fire use deep inside South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave suggest early human ancestors were ...

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As The Jungle Book’s King Louie knows all too well, the ability to control fire is what sets humans apart from apes, fueling our cultural and biological evolution and rocketing us into the space age.

Angela Pelster is well-recognized in the literary community for her work. On April 14, she published her collection of essays called “The Evolution of Fire: Essays on Crisis and Becoming.” This work ...

Increasing frequent and intense fires are shaping how species change, according to a paper published last year in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution. While previous research tended to focus on ...