Chickens were widely raised across southern Central Asia from 400 BCE through medieval periods and likely dispersed along the ancient Silk Road
Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction
Archaeometallurgists have been debating the exact origin of tin used in the Bronze Age for 150 years; a new study in Frontiers in Earth Science
The so-called Unknown Kushan Script partially deciphered, the related Middle Iranian language has been preliminarly named Eteo-Tocharian
Genome Research: origin and evolution of vine. Grapevine is among the world’s oldest crops. Wine was one of the oldest products traded
Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years
Findings from 3,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal a complex trade network; the study is published in the most recent issue of Science Advances.
Central Asia identified as a key region for human ancestors: it was a key route for some of the earliest hominin migrations
Origins of the Black Death identified. Despite the pandemic’s immense demographic and societal impacts, its origins have long been elusive
Multidisciplinary research team sheds light on the 1,400-year-old mystery about the genetic origins of the Avar elite
