The modern-day Bo people of southeastern China have long maintained that they had no connection to those inside the hanging ...

The first Denisovan skull, an ancient hunter’s toolkit and a Roman man’s brain that has turned to glass: here are our picks ...

Ancient societies in southern China pegged coffins into high cliffsides in burial ritual linked to good fortune ...

Eyewitness video verified by Reuters shows a deadly residential fire in southern China that killed 12 people Tuesday night. The blaze broke out in a four-storey building in Shantou, with firefighters ...

An exhibition showcasing Tsinghua University's research and design work inspired by the ancient art of Dunhuang opened Monday ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...