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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal ...

Recent research suggests that early humans may have traveled from Turkey to mainland Europe through the northeastern Aegean coast of Ayvalık, a region that has not been extensively studied in the ...

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