Between recalls for ground cinnamon with high levels of lead and popular protein powders testing positive for the heavy metal ...
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🧠 Our human ancestors were exposed to lead, and it influenced our evolution
The discovery of chemical signatures of lead in hominid fossils challenges our understanding of ancient environmental ...
Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...
Lead exposure is not good for us, but thanks to a single gene in our brains, it was apparently even worse for our Neanderthal ...
Scientists found that one tiny DNA change in the NOVA1 gene helped modern humans resist lead exposure that harmed ...
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Neanderthals were more susceptible to lead poisoning than humans — which helped us gain an advantage over our cousins, scientists say
Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...
Lead exposure sounds like a modern problem, at least if you define “modern” the way a paleoanthropologist might: a time that ...
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 ...
Historic lead levels from the era of leaded gasoline may be contributing to cognitive issues 50 years later, suggests research reported for the first time at the Alzheimer’s Association International ...
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