A new study based on findings at the Nihewan Basin in China's Hebei province reveals that hominins, one of the earliest known ancestors of present-day humans, who possessed advanced knapping or toolmaking abilitie...
This image provided by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows the stone tools unearthed at Cenjiawan site in Nihewan basin, northern China. A...
Modern humans were living in what is now China by 45,000 years ago. The finding means our species reached the area thousands of years earlier than generally thought, possibly via a northerly route through modern-d...
Fragments of ancient rock and bone in Eastern Asia are changing our understanding of the history of human migration.
They're artifacts found in the Shiyu site of northeastern China, and new analysis has reveal...
Researchers uncover evidence of advanced material culture from 45,000 years ago in East Asia, highlighting sophisticated toolmaking and cultural practices of early Homo sapiens.
A team of researchers from Chin...
A site in northern China sheds light on ancient human migration into East Asia 45,000 years ago and highlights a unique convergence of culture and technology.
The site’s discovery challenges conventional beli...
A multidisciplinary study of the Shiyu archaeological site in northern China reveals a complex human behavioural record that currently is the oldest of its kind in Northeast Asia and provides insight into the natu...
Gigantopithecus blacki was the largest ape that ever lived, and might have gone extinct because it could not adapt when its environment changed.Credit: Garcia/Joannes-Boyau (Southern Cross University)
The worl...
Rock paintings in red ocher are seen inside the cave in September. [Photo/China Daily]
A landmark archaeological discovery in the Xizang autonomous region has offered scientific evidence that humans inhabited ...
BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- A new study shows that the middle ear structure of modern mammals began to evolve as early as the Cretaceous period.
The mammalian middle ear is a classic example of progressive evo...