A landmark genomic study of 199 Indigenous Americans has revealed a previously unknown Asian 'ghost' lineage, dubbed Ypykuéra ...

Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new ...

25 Ancient Asian Artifacts That Will Make You Rethink History Stretching across two-thirds of our planet, Asia harbors secrets that span millions of years of human history. From the frozen burial ...

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. Fu Qiaomei at the Institute of ...

Nestled in the lush valleys of northern Jordan, just a short journey from Amman, lies one of the most spectacularly preserved Roman provincial cities in the world: Jerash. Known in antiquity as Gerasa ...