fire

A look at the Neanderthal deep cave structures from Bruniquel

Ten years after describing the site, new work details ancient access to the cave.

Mar 9 • John Hawks

Sparking ancient fires

New research helps to show the challenges of documenting ancient firemaking

Dec 11, 2025 • John Hawks

Finding ancient fire use in the Rising Star cave system

The study of the underground landscape enters a new phase with evidence of charcoal and burned animal bone in deep chambers.

Dec 7, 2022 • John Hawks

Did humans colonize the northern latitudes without fire?

An article by Wil Roebroeks and Paola Villa argues that fire was not present in Europe before 400,000 years ago.

Mar 14, 2011 • John Hawks

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