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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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Lead exposure sounds like a modern problem, at least if you define “modern” the way a paleoanthropologist might: a time that ...

Our brains evolved for complex thought and language - but the same genes that made us smarter may have increased mental illness risk.

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

Genes inherited from Neandertals increase the risk of developing Dupuytren's disease, which is very common in parts of Europe ...

Scientists hope to prevent deaths from climate change, but heat and cold are more complicated than we thought.