Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

A Crash Course In Human Evolution With Anthropologist Chris Stringer' What was the timeline of human evolution? What was our ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

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

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400 000 ...

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years ...

Decades after a skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province, researchers said they suspect a much earlier and more complex ...

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...