AI software has made it possible to consistently analyze thousands of historical texts, allowing scientists to carefully map ...

Centuries before modern technology, Ancient China carried out a drilling operation so advanced it seems almost impossible.

Tombs scattered across China, built between the 4,000-year old Xia Dynasty and the modern era, reflect the political and ...

Scientists have uncovered clues to a 4,000-year-old mystery — the hidden logic behind where ancient Chinese built their tombs.

There is no one person responsible for the birth of surfing, but there is lots of historical evidence about the origin point.

(Reuters) -In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has been chosen as Africa’s official home for one of China’s most significant cultural ...