Scientists found that one tiny DNA change in the NOVA1 gene helped modern humans resist lead exposure that harmed ...

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

Learn how lead exposure impacted ancient humans' health and brain activity up to 2 million years ago.

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

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 ...

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

In the Andes of Colombia, a small creature was rediscovered for the first time in 20 years. Raul Andres Galvis-Cordoba and Juan Manuel Carvajalino-Fernández (2025) Check List The summaries below were ...

[WASHINGTON] British primatologist Jane Goodall, who transformed the study of chimpanzees and became one of the world’s most revered wildlife advocates, has died at the age of 91, her institute ...

The Bering Land Bridge likely didn't emerge until around 35,000 years ago, much later than was previously thought. This ...

The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna may be people’s fault after all, according to a recent study. A team of archaeologists recently examined animal bones at sites dating to the waning years of ...