People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through ...

A new DNA study of unprecedented size has unveiled ancient human movements that shaped the genetic makeup of present-day South Asians in complex ways. Those long-ago treks across vast grasslands and ...

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

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