An artist's impression shows sparks from flint and pyrite, in this image released on December 10, 2025. Craig Williams, The Trustees of the British Museum/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN ...

Billy Joel famously sang, we didn't start the fire - it was always burning since the world's been turning. But that's not entirely true. Humans do start fires to cook, to heat, to gather around.

Evidence of a hearth dating to about 415,000 years ago Researchers think that Neanderthals were responsible Discovery made near the village of Barnham in Suffolk Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have ...