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Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...

Art has been a cornerstone of human expression for millennia, capturing emotions, ideas, and the spirit of the times. From ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes. But our new study, published today in Science Advances, reveals something far more ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

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The Philadelphian came to see that the ideals he championed — liberty, self-determination, human dignity — could not coexist ...

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Fossilized human teeth spanning two million years of evolution had shockingly high contents of lead, which may have been the ...

A new documentary puts viewers in the shoes of Neanderthals and early humans, giving an intimate glimpse into humans’ ...

The findings of this study suggest that the first humans may have originated from apes that were accustomed to living in two ...

An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig ...