Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, ...

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

From 2070BC to 256BC, the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties paved the way for Chinese society with Taoism, written language, ...

The man who first unified China in 221 BCE was so determined to live forever that he commanded a group of alchemists to venture to a mythical mountain in search of the source of eternal youth.

Does the PRC=Imperial China? Have the leaders of the People's Republic broken with centuries of Chinese history -- or are they just the latest of China's emperors? Map: Voyage thr ...

The gap between fantasy and reality has narrowed dramatically when it comes to what we know of China’s tyrannical first ...