An examination of charring on skeletons showed signs they had been exposed to low heat over long periods of time, which would ...
Ancient humans in northern China endured dramatic climate changes, creating new tools, hunting methods, and strategies to ...
Southeast Asian groups mummified bodies over smoky fires before burying them as early as 12,000 years ago, long before Egyptians began making mummies.
List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Preface: To Lothar / Li Shuicheng -- Introduction: Ritual and Economy in East Asian Archaeology / Rowan Flad and Anke Hein -- Uncovering disguised social ...
New insights into ancient East Asian hominins have arrived due to several tools detected in the region. These tools were found buried in oxygen-poor clay sediments on the shores of an ancient lake in ...
Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...
In Alaska, scientists have uncovered something they say is remarkable: the remains of two infants dating back more than 11,000 years. Their discovery is evidence of the earliest wave of migration into ...