The discovery of chemical signatures of lead in hominid fossils challenges our understanding of ancient environmental ...

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

UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving ...

Foreword / J. Francis Thackeray -- 1. African genesis : an evolving paradigm / Sally C. Reynolds ; 2. Academic genealogy / Peter S. Ungar and Phillip V. Tobias -- pt. 1. In search of origins : ...

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

An ancient skull, warped and damaged by the ravages of time and degradation, may have just altered our understanding of the history of modern humans. Using careful 3D scanning and digital ...

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

Scientists found that ancient lead exposure shaped early human evolution. The toxin may have played a surprising role in the development of modern cognition and language. An international team of ...

Inside a specially constructed safe at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa sit the fragile remains of the world’s most celebrated human ancestor. She was once a hardy survivor in an ...

A professor at Idaho State University, he said he didn’t “believe” the creature exists. He said he concluded it exists.