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

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

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

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

From Egypt to India to Medieval Europe, cumin has played a critical role in global cuisine and tradition for centuries -- ...

New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a once-submerged land bridge that may have helped early humans cross from ...

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

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

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

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks” ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...