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

Scientists found that one tiny DNA change in the NOVA1 gene helped modern humans resist lead exposure that harmed ...

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 ...

They detected clear chemical signatures in these remains, which indicated that lead exposure for these species dated back to ...

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

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

"We found clear signals of episodic lead exposure in 73 percent of the specimens (71 percent for hominins Australopithecus, ...

Several hominid species were consistently exposed to lead for almost two million years, which may have given modern humans a ...

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

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

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...