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

A Southern Cross University geochemist is first author of a groundbreaking international study changing the view that ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Nathan (Nate) Rott is a correspondent on NPR's Science Desk, where he reports on the natural world and humanity's relationship to it. Since coming to NPR in 2013, Rott has worked on the network's ...

Stable isotopes are alternative forms of elements with different molecular weights that are found naturally and do not decay radioactively. Stable isotope analysis of elements such as carbon, nitrogen ...

Research reveals that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals encountered unexpected levels of lead exposure, shaping how our ...