New discoveries in the Altai Mountains show that agricultural crops dispersed across Eurasia more than five millennia ago, causing significant cultural change in human populations
A meta-analysis of dietary information demonstrates that pastoralists spread domesticated crops across the steppe through their trade and social networks
New article suggests wetter climates may have allowed Homo sapiens to expand across the deserts of Central Asia by 50-30,000 years ago
The new species, named Ambopteryx longibrachium, belongs to the Scansoriopterygidae, one of the most bizarre groups of non-avian theropods
A new study found that Denisovans occupied the Tibetan Plateau in the Middle Pleistocene and were adapted to this low-oxygen environment
A new study reports the recent discovery of most of a skull and associated remains dating to around 300,000 years ago in Hualong Cave (Hualongdong)
Researchers combining genetics, archaeology, history and linguistics have gained new insights into the history of inner Eurasia, once a cultural and genetic crossroads connecting Europe and Asia
Even thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colourful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes
Across the globe in a variety of societies, royal women found ways to advance the issues they cared about and advocate for the people important to them
The chrome plating on the Terracotta Army bronze weapons – once thought to be the earliest form of anti-rust technology – derives from a decorative varnish
