A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

The earliest months of Neanderthal life have remained one of the least understood chapters of human evolution. Fossils from ...

For much of the last century, the story of early technology seemed straightforward. The genus Homo made stone tools, and ...

Photo: Katerina Harvati Replicas of a Homo habilis skull (right) and an early Homo sapiens skull (left), illustrating two key ...

Ancient deep-sea organisms suggest movement, sexual reproduction, and complex animal life began earlier than previously thought.

Learn how shells found in a Turkish cave may show Neanderthals and modern humans shared culture, tools, and symbolic habits.

Analysis of fossils discovered in Illinois reveals a previously unknown growth pattern and opens a new scientific debate.

Tens of thousands of years ago, Homo sapiens coexisted with Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis. Many of us living today ...

Scientists have long known that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived alongside each other for thousands of years—until ...

A cave on the Turkish Mediterranean coast was inhabited first by Neanderthals and then Homo sapiens, but the continuity of ...

A new trail on Scotland's east coast takes travellers into Earth's ancient past, where scientists proved the planet was ...

Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Monday (July 6, 2026).