For this mighty architectural complex, which dates back to 1420 and spans over 720,000 square meters in the heart of the ...

An ancient skull found in China has pushed back the timeline of human evolution by 400,000 years, revealing a new branch in our lineage.

Researchers have virtually reconstructed a crushed and distorted 1 million-year-old human skull discovered in China. The ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that ...

Digital reconstruction of a partially crushed skull suggests new insight into Homo sapiens’ evolutionary relationship to Denisovans and Neandertals.

Unearthing the mysteries of our planet’s past, ancient maps offer a unique window into the world as it once was, depicting ...

New research indicates that the Gobi Wall, which snakes through Inner Mongolia, was not a purely defensive structure.

Far in the rolling highlands of north China, a serene basin once held one of mankind’s best survival stories. The Nihewan Basin, a dry semi-arid region filled with ancient lakebeds, has been a bonanza ...

Mesopotamian clay maps, dating back 5,000 years, provide a fascinating glimpse into the ancient world’s perception of geography, particularly its rivers. These clay tablets not only depict the ...