When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in ...

It’s a somewhat uncomfortable reality that Homo sapiens interbred with their closest relatives, the "sister species" ...

A small blood gene difference made Neanderthal pregnancies with modern humans risky, possibly contributing to their disappearance.

Several hominid species were consistently exposed to lead for almost two million years, which may have given modern humans a ...

Lead exposure is not good for us, but thanks to a single gene in our brains, it was apparently even worse for our Neanderthal ...

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...

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

Scientists found that one tiny DNA change in the NOVA1 gene helped modern humans resist lead exposure that harmed ...

Recent archaeological findings suggest that early modern humans arriving in Europe around 45,000 years ago may have been ...

The discovery of ancient human cousins has long stirred wonder and debate. Early Neanderthal remains offered a glimpse into our distant past, prompting questions about how they lived and whether they ...

Turns out we have a lot more in common with Neanderthals than we thought. In a stunning breakthrough, researchers at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have mapped the ...

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