The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

Discovery of complex pre-historic tools in China suggests our ancestors were far more advanced than thought - Find suggests prehistoric humans showed complex planning and understanding of how to enhan ...

Peking University, October 9, 2025: Scientists from Peking University have uncovered new genetic evidence that sheds light on how prehistoric people in China interacted, migrated, and built their ...

Ancient DNA is rewriting the origin story of the cat curled on the sofa. Long before the familiar house cat padded into Chinese homes, people there were sharing their settlements with a very different ...

HUBEI, China (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - The reexamination of a prehistoric skull led researchers to believe that humanity may have began 400,000 years earlier than previously thought. A badly crushed ...

XI'AN, 4 December (BelTA - Xinhua) - Multiple grain storage pits dating back more than 4,000 years were discovered in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, which offer fresh evidence for the study of ...

This summer, the Shanghai Museum unveiled its latest blockbuster exhibition, “Legends of the Dragon: The Ancient Civilization of Hongshan Culture.” To date, it is the most comprehensive display of the ...

In a prominent paper published in 1977,Xia drew on nearly 100 radiocarbon-dated samples to systematically establish absolute chronologies for Neolithic sites in China's Central Plains, the ...