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

Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens ...

A new study published in Science Advances has revealed that humans have been exposed to lead for over two million years. The ...

A Southern Cross University geochemist is first author of a groundbreaking international study changing the view that ...

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

"We found clear signals of episodic lead exposure in 73 percent of the specimens (71 percent for hominins Australopithecus, ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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