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

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

When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

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

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

A Crash Course In Human Evolution With Anthropologist Chris Stringer' What was the timeline of human evolution? What was our last common ancestor? In this quickfire special, anthropologist and ...

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

Researchers digitally reconstructed a crushed skull and concluded our species is 1 million years old, igniting a debate over ...

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further ...

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

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged ...