Early ancestral bottleneck in the early to middle Pleistocene could’ve spelled the end for humans, a study published on Science
Evidence of the formation and structural evolution of prehistoric agricultural economy at Changge Shigu during the Yangshao culture period
Sr-Nd isotope baseline in Silk Road regions enables archaeological provenance; the study was published in Journal of Archaeological Science
DNA from ancient population in Southern China (Maludong or Red Deer Cave in the Yunnan province) suggests Native Americans’ East Asian roots
Rice cultivation has been recorded at the Neolithic site of Hanjing, about 8000 years ago; a new study has been published on Science China Earth Sciences
5,000-year population history of Xinjiang brought to light in new ancient DNA study, that has been published on Science
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
Most amber inclusions are organisms from the forest. It is very rare to find sea life: a new study now reports the first known ammonite trapped in amber
The new species, named Ambopteryx longibrachium, belongs to the Scansoriopterygidae, one of the most bizarre groups of non-avian theropods
Extreme fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen levels corresponded with evolutionary surges and extinctions in animal biodiversity during the Cambrian explosion
