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

A new study published in Science Advances has revealed that humans have been exposed to lead for over two million years. The ...

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

Lead poisoning isn't just a modern phenomenon: fossil teeth show signs that it affected ancient hominids, and Homo sapiens ...

UC San Diego researchers found that ancient hominids were widely exposed to lead, potentially hindering brain and language ...

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became. Scientists studying ancient teeth found that early humans, great apes, and even ...

What set the modern human brain apart from our now extinct relatives like Neanderthals? A new study by University of ...

Using human brain organoids (miniature, lab-grown models of the brain), the team compared the effects of lead on two versions ...

Early humans were not the feared masters of the savanna long imagined. On the contrary, some still served as meals for big ...