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

Fossilized human teeth spanning two million years of evolution had shockingly high contents of lead, which may have been the ...

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

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

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

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

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

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

The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens the only hominids who could give detailed directions to a far-off freshwater ...

Many people hold the view that evolution in humans has come to a halt. But while modern medicine and technologies have changed the environment in which evolution operates, many scientists are in ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...