Gigantopithecus blacki stood nearly 3 meters tall and lived in Asia for 2 million years before mysteriously disappearing.

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

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

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

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

Lead exposure sounds like a modern problem, at least if you define “modern” the way a paleoanthropologist might: a time that ...

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

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

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

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

The demise of the giant ape <em>Gigantopithecus</em> has been the focus of recent study, where researchers have reached the conclusion that the presumably largest ...