Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire's collapse.

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Grab some wood from the corner store, set it up in your backyard fire pit, and strike a match. But how did our Ice Age ...

Ice Age hearths reveal how early humans mastered fire for warmth, cooking, toolmaking, and survival in extreme environments.

The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the Western Roman Empire.

Researchers in Vienna found three fireplaces from the coldest period of the Ice Age, also the most mysterious.

A team of international scientists, led by researchers from the University of Southampton, has traced strange, out-of-place ...

Stone Age humans mastered fire technology during Earth's harshest climate period 23,000 years ago, creating hearths that ...

Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study spanning a million years of mammoth evolution.

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

A team of archeologists in South Africa had to climb to new heights to find an important set of tools made by humans about 20 ...

A hotspot from underneath Earth’s crust may have created a low point that glaciers finished carving out and filling with ...