Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

They detected clear chemical signatures in these remains, which indicated that lead exposure for these species dated back to ...

Traditionally, paleoanthropologists believed that Homo habilis, as the earliest big-brained humans, was responsible for the earliest sites with tools. The idea has been that Homo habilis was the ...

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

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists ...

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The discovery of chemical signatures of lead in hominid fossils challenges our understanding of ancient environmental ...

UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving ...