New discoveries from the Pleistocene-age Gantangqing site in southwestern China reveal a diverse collection of wooden tools dated from ~361,000 to 250,000 years ago
In the windswept steppe of northeastern Mongolia, archaeologists have unearthed over 7,000 animal bones, a rare window into daily life along the medieval frontier of the Liao Empire
Ancient dugout canoe replica tests Paleolithic migration theory, and long-standing questions about migration of early modern humans in East Asia
A study reveals the continuous evolutionary history of rice from wild to domesticated over an astonishing span of 100,000 years, confirming that China is the birthplace of rice (Oryza sativa)
The strengthening of the summer monsoon played a key role in the dispersion of Homo sapiens from Africa to East Asia during the interglacial between 70,000 and 125,000 years ago
Thirsty wheat needed new water management strategy in ancient China, according to a study published in the journal Antiquity
DNA from ancient population in Southern China (Maludong or Red Deer Cave in the Yunnan province) suggests Native Americans’ East Asian roots
Origins of the Black Death identified. Despite the pandemic’s immense demographic and societal impacts, its origins have long been elusive
Recent findings push back estimates of dairying in the eastern Eurasia by more than 1,700 years, pointing to migration as a potential means of introduction
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
