Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival technologies, such as stone tools. They may also have given us the secret to a ...

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday. Some 120 meters long, it was found off the Ile de Sein in Brittany along ...

Whatever you’re tucking into this festive season, chances are you didn’t have to kill it yourself or forage it from the wild. For that, you can thank your ancestors who, starting around 10,000 years ...

Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire—chances are you’d be left cold and hungry. But as early as 400,000 years ago, ancient hominins may have had the skills to conjure flame, ...

BELLOWS FALLS — Bellows Falls will celebrate its 5th annual Parade of Lights this Saturday evening, continuing what has turned into a popular community event featuring floats and vehicles decorated ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Each Arc Raiders map has a few intriguing puzzles to figure out, and they'll usually provide you with some nice loot for solving them. For instance, ...

Analyses of fossils and ancient genomics reveal how early human populations bred less wolf-like companions, and how they might have traded them around the world. From Pomeranians to poodles, Saint ...

This tiny fragment belied a find of Biblical proportions. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a 2,700-year-old Assyrian inscription in clay that could shine a light on key events detailed in ...

Between 500 BCE and 500 CE, the Nazca people of coastal Peru created what amounts to the world's largest art gallery — except the viewing platform was the sky. Across nearly 200 square miles of desert ...

One of the most fascinating World Heritage Sites is the Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso. Metallurgy in Burkina Faso was a common practice throughout this area of Africa that dates ...

If you're still holding out against turning on your furnace for the first time, there are some things you should check before hitting the switch. "We recommend turning the heat on before temperatures ...