The Table Rock Fire continues to grow, with significant fire activity on the north perimeter toward the North Carolina state line, according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission. Crews will ...

Fragments of iron pyrite, a rock that can be used with flint to make sparks, were found by a 400,000-year-old hearth in eastern Britain. (Jordan Mansfield | Courtesy Pathways to Ancient Britain ...

TROOPERS HAVE NOT SAID WHAT LED TO THE CRASH. NOW TO OUR BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE OF THE WILDFIRES THAT CONTINUE TO BURN ACROSS THE CAROLINAS. A BURN BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH ...

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Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...