In a remote corner of the Tibetan Plateau, surrounded by some of the world’s tallest mountains, China is planning to build the world's biggest mega dam. This $100 billion project could change the ...

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

Ancient proteins and DNA may peg a 146,000-year-old Chinese skull as the most complete fossil to date from Denisovans, a puzzling line of Asian hominids.

The research team conducted independent palaeoproteomic analyses and ancient DNA experiments on the skull and its dental ...

Certain rivers are not only bodies of water. They are written in history, defined in culture, and are enshrined in religious texts for some people. They connect countries, mark the lives of millions, ...

Newly discovered prehistoric genomes from Southwest China's Yunnan province have unveiled links to population groups in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, South Asia and Southeast Asia, according to a study ...

Nationwide support ensures lasting harvest of underground findings on plateau. A captivating picture of ancient cultural exchange routes across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which stands more than 4,000 ...

What actually differentiates them from other weapons is their hardened steel casing,” said Ryan Brobst, a Foundation for Defense of Democracies munitions specialist, in an interview with NPR. The ...

Asia is warming at twice the global average, impacting economies and ecosystems, according to the WMO. The year 2024 saw a ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 ...

A near-complete skull of a Denisovan, one of the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, has never been recovered – or so ...