Howdy, pards! This autumnal week brought a new challenge to last decade's claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after ...

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

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

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

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

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

Goosebumps are “associated with changes in your skin temperature,” says McPhetres. These changes aren’t major, but McPhetres ...

An international study claims lead was a problem for our ancestors and Homo sapiens might have had a genetic edge over other ...

A new study by a Utah anthropologist, based on genetic evidence, concludes that the colonizers of Sahul arrived later than ...

Jane Goodall, the world’s most famous primatologist, died Wednesday at the age of 91, the Jane Goodall Institute announced on ...

A study quantifies for the first time the speed at which ape species have evolved, showing that the 'sapiens' skull and face ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...