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.

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

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.

Researchers have virtually reconstructed a crushed and distorted 1 million-year-old human skull discovered in China. The newly restored cranium may have belonged to a relative of the mysterious ...

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 ...

Today, that site is once again making headlines. Archaeologists have unearthed a gigantic coffin weighing 16 tonnes, ...

Digital technology now allows people to interact with 3D-printed Terracotta Warriors and explore a virtual version of the ...

China’s latest nature reserve is a rock in the middle of one of the world’s most contested waterways. On Wednesday, the Chinese government approved a proposal to establish a national nature reserve at ...

Russia and China agreed to build Power of Siberia-2, shifting over 100 bcm/year of gas toward China and cementing a new east-focused gas order. Europe will rely more on costlier LNG, worsening its ...