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

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

The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage ...

Several hominid species were consistently exposed to lead for almost two million years, which may have given modern humans a ...

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 ...

A recent study, published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, offers a fascinating look into the butchery practices of Neanderthals, shedding light on their distinct food ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now ...

In a rocky outcrop on Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel, a group of ancient humans buried their dead about 140,000 years ago. Scientists uncovered the site, called Skhul Cave, in 1928, and about ...

The discovery rewrites the history of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. In a new study published in the journal l’Anthropologie, scientists have identified the earliest-known ...