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

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...

Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long period of childhood.

UC San Diego researchers found that ancient hominids were widely exposed to lead, potentially hindering brain and language ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became. Scientists studying ancient teeth found that early humans, great apes, and even ...

What set the modern human brain apart from our now extinct relatives like Neanderthals? A new study by University of ...

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

Early humans were not the feared masters of the savanna long imagined. On the contrary, some still served as meals for big ...