Besides the Qin dynasty's standardisations pertaining to Chinese writing and currency, equally significant was that of ...

Ancient human history is now resurfacing, quite literally, from the bottom of the sea. Off the western coast of Taiwan, ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

A fossil Pleistocene-age hominin jawbone discovered in Taiwan has now been identified as belonging to a Denisovan, according to a new paleoproteomic analysis of the remains. The findings provide ...

Mineral formations in caves reveal recurring periods of humidity in the Arabian Desert over the last 8 million years.

These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the Arabian Gulf resulted in shared musical traditions central to rituals and religious beliefs, Douglas’ team says.

As Turpan was a critical node on the ancient Silk Road, its grottoes reveal a unique fusion of Buddhist traditions, ...