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

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Fossilized human teeth spanning two million years of evolution had shockingly high contents of lead, which may have been the ...

Practical Implications of the Research The reconstruction of Yunxian 2 gives scientists a clearer picture of one of the most baffling ages of human evolution. By showing what modern humans and their ...

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to ...

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

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 ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

Ancient ankle bones of Ardipithecus ramidus reveal how early humans combined climbing and upright walking, reshaping the ...

The findings of this study suggest that the first humans may have originated from apes that were accustomed to living in two ...

A small blood gene difference made Neanderthal pregnancies with modern humans risky, possibly contributing to their disappearance.