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

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

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

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

Lead exposure remains a public health issue around the world, even after decades of remediation efforts. According to the ...

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

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

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

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 ...