Explore primitive technologies with this video, demonstrating three methods for making fire: the hand drill, bow drill, and bamboo fire saw. Additionally, learn how to create a stone axe using ...

At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments of a mineral—iron pyrite—that could have been used to make sparks on ...

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 ...

Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. An artist’s ...

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than 400,000 years, in a field in Suffolk. The discovery shows humans were ...

In this video, learn three traditional methods for making fire: the Hand Drill, Bow Drill, and Bamboo Fire Saw. Each technique showcases primitive survival skills and the use of natural materials in ...