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

Long before industry, our ancestors faced toxic metals, including lead. This exposure may have shaped the evolution of human ...

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

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

A reconstruction of the crushed skull labelled Yunxian 2, which has features that are closer to species thought to have existed later in human evolution - BBC A digital reconstruction of a ...

Micronutrients, minerals that are part of the human diet in small amounts, may have influenced human evolution more than previously recognized. In a new study published Sept. 10 in the journal The ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is likely ASD’s genetic cause, new research suggests. Though autism can cause ...

A million-year-old human skull found in China suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought, researchers are claiming in a new study.