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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Once depicted as barbaric, grunting, sub-humans, Neanderthals are now known to have had the same or similar levels of intelligence as modern humans. They also had their own distinct culture. Here we ...

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 2 million years. Stranger still, exposure could actually have given humans ...

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

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