Theories range from prolonged coexistence spanning tens of thousands of years to rapid replacement scenarios, where ...

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

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

A groundbreaking study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that modern humans and Neanderthals had nearly identical brain ...

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

This tiny track, alongside those of an older child and at least one adult, is at the heart of a remarkable discovery. For the ...

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

What set the modern human brain apart from our now extinct relatives like Neanderthals? A new study by University of ...

Once depicted as barbaric, grunting, sub-humans, Neanderthals are now known to have had the same or similar levels of intelligence as modern humans. They also had their own distinct culture. Here we ...

The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage ...

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their ...