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

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

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

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

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became.

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

Lead is often thought of as a modern toxin, but a new study has found that it's been haunting us and our ancestors for almost ...

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

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers play in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series. The series is tied 1-1, and the winner advances to the ALDS. Cleveland has a 45-36 record at home ...

Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Euan Ritchie is a Councillor with the Biodiversity Council, a member of the Ecological ...

EXCLUSIVE: Directors UK, the trade body that boasts members including Paul Greengrass and James Hawes, has voiced skepticism after an Italian producer unveiled what he claimed was the world’s first AI ...

Scientists reflect on the life and work of a researcher whose discoveries made them rethink what it means to be human. By Carl Zimmer and Emily Anthes Most people know Jane Goodall, who died Wednesday ...