An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...
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 ...
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more common and sophisticated, its effects on human lives and societies raises new questions. A new paper published in The Quarterly Review of Biology posits ...
A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study found. The ...
The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.
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 ...
Chimpanzees, sharing approximately 99% of our DNA, are frequently recognized as our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. This exceptional genetic similarity prompts compelling inquiries into ...
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 ...