"Some of our ancestors were very skilled observers." A team of international researchers say they've uncovered new data on ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in ...

Ancient coffin wood turn out to be climate archives, revealing a long-forgotten wet period that helped power the rise of ...

Archaeologists suspect the ancient society carried out two types of human sacrifices – one that involved mass burials of men ...

Aim for who/what/when/where/why/how type facts formatted like so: Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into ...

A new genetic study of the ancient Chinese city of Shimao reveals a strictly patrilineal society that practised ...

A Great Wall excavation in China uncovers the largest known cannon in the Jiankou section and evidence of early cultural ...

A 14-year-old boy from central China has turned his bedroom into a small museum dedicated to ancient Chinese history and ...