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 ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

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

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

Poisoning by lead is usually thought of as a disease of relatively modern civilisations. Yet in a paper just published in ...

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

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

From Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, this video explores how humans evolved across millions of years of adaptation, ...

Lead exposure from modern chemical pollution is a well-documented threat to neurodevelopment and general health, yet a ...

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 ...