Mountain-rappeling scientists uncover a crossbow bolt, part of a slingshot and 25 ancient shoes in vulture nesting sites ...

For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the ...

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

Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...

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

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed 6,000-year-old human skeletons in Colombia that possess a DNA ...

Ian Towle & Luca Fiorenza/The Conversation For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or ...

By studying antelope fossils, researchers can revisit long-standing questions about how the Cradle of Humankind’s environment ...

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

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, according to ...

New research has uncovered the ancient origins of an urban mosquito species, Culex pipiens form molestus, also known as the ...