Researchers found lead bands in 73 percent of 51 fossilized teeth spanning two million years of hominin history.

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

Learn how lead exposure impacted ancient humans' health and brain activity up to 2 million years ago.

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

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

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

DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...

Jeffrey Craig has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. He is the Patron of the Australian Multiple Birth Organisation, and a Member of the International Society of ...

A study published in Politics and the Life Sciences reveals that genetic predispositions to political interest manifest more strongly in adolescents from wealthier families. Political engagement ...

Scientists in the laboratory of David Liu, PhD, at the Broad Institute of MIT, Harvard University, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have designed an improved version of prime editing ...