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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

[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 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 ...

Curitiba, Brazil used to be forests, wetlands, fields and streams before it was developed over the last half-century. Gilberto Jacob via Unsplash As new species are discovered around the world, others ...