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

This week, researchers reported the discovery of four Late Bronze Age stone megastructures likely used for trapping herds of ...

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

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

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

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

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

Researchers digitally reconstructed a crushed skull and concluded our species is 1 million years old, igniting a debate over ...

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

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

A fossilized skull discovered in central China and dated to roughly 1 million years old has upended the timeline of human evolution. In a study published in the journal Science on Thursday, ...

Learn more about the differences between Lebanese and Italian tools, which contradict the theory that modern human migrations spread a single stone tool culture from the Near East to Europe.