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

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became.

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 ...

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

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

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

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.

Lead is often thought of as a modern toxin, but a new study has found that it's been haunting us and our ancestors for almost ...

A new study by a Utah anthropologist, based on genetic evidence, concludes that the colonizers of Sahul arrived later than the commonly held estimate of 65,000 years ago. Aboriginal Australian culture ...

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 ...