Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s ...

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

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Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - ...

A woman who is one of the oldest people in the world to have Down Syndrome has celebrated her 80th birthday. Born in 1945, ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

Lindsey Vonn made history with her first win in nearly eight years at age 41 in downhill at the World Cup in St. Moritz on ...

Ann, Ernest, Paul and Michael Miles were recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest living quadruplets in 2017. Their older brother announced that Michael and Paul died within 10 days of each ...