Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

Several hominid species were consistently exposed to lead for almost two million years, which may have given modern humans a ...

Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

Scientists found that ancient lead exposure shaped early human evolution. The toxin may have played a surprising role in the development of modern cognition and language. An international team of ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

It traces the evolution of human life in Qatar from the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages Dubai: In a remarkable celebration of ...

This week, researchers reported the discovery of four Late Bronze Age stone megastructures likely used for trapping herds of ...