How China’s first 3 dynasties shaped Chinese culture and society, from writing to religion

From 2070BC to 256BC, the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties paved the way for Chinese society with Taoism, written language, ...

Ancient skull from China may shake up timeline of human evolution

Researchers used sophisticated scanning and digital reconstruction techniques to determine the original shape of the skull, ...

English archaeologist’s new book introduces ancient China to the West

English archaeologist Jessica Rawson's book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China Photo: Courtesy of CITIC Press Group. In the ...
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In This Ancient Chinese City, You Can’t Build a Subway Without Digging Up a Dynasty

Infrastructure projects in Xi'an routinely unearth ancient tombs. Here, archaeology and urban growth go hand in hand.

Million-year-old skull found in China could rewrite human evolution timeline, study finds: "This changes a lot of thinking"

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.
Newsweek

Ancient Tomb May Belong to Early Chinese King

A tomb dating back 5,000 years, which archaeologists believe may belong an early Chinese king, has been discovered in central China. The grave of what archaeologists believe may be the king of a ...
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Ancient skull in China’s Hubei may rewrite human family tree, scientists say

The reanalysis further pushes back the divergence time of modern humans — Homo sapiens — whose ancestors are estimated to have lived in Africa around 500,000 years ago, Neanderthals, who lived between ...