The Roman Empire lowered IQ levels across Europe according to a new study, due to the vast quantities of lead pollution.

Using Arctic ice core samples, researchers estimate silver mining and smelting released enough lead during the Pax Romana to ...

Ancient Rome’s relentless lead pollution may have dimmed the intellect of its citizens, leaving a toxic legacy that survives ...

A new study turned to Arctic ice core records between 500 BCE through 600 CE to find a link between lead pollution and ...

Lead pollution from Roman mining and metal production may have lowered intelligence levels across the vast Roman Empire ...

The researchers first took measurements of lead deposited in three Arctic ice cores every year between 500 BCE and 600 CE using techniques they have reported before. They found that lead emissions ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by pollution from metal smelting during the Roman era ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans ...

“Timna and Faynan are ideal sites for this type of research because they have not been disturbed by modern mining, as ...

The environmental pollution generated by ancient copper production was far less severe than previously thought.

The findings match those previously recorded from the Wadi Faynan region of Jordan. In that study—led from the Hebrew ...