Archeology
Found 700,000 year old 'dwarf' hobbit bone in Asia
An Australian team found many hobbit fossils in the island of Flores, Indonesia, that adds to human evolution.
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Archeology
The truth about the curse of Egyptian mummies
Leading experts in Egypt study affirmed that mummies pouring out anger on intruders of eternal rest is much of the product of fantasy in Hollywood movies.
Archeology
Discover an ancient mouse that is as big as a dog
The mouse is 10 times the size of modern mice living in East Timor about 1,000 years ago, and is the largest rat ever discovered by archaeologists.
Archeology
Journey of domesticated water rice
British scientists discovered the process of introducing wet rice cultivation from a wild plant species, contributing to further clarifying the history of human species…
Archeology
Fossils show that modern people come to Asia earlier than Europe
Fossil teeth found in a cave in southern China show that ancient people from Africa migrated to Asia tens of thousands of years earlier than Europe.
Archeology
The ancient Chinese discovered America before Columbus?
According to the latest scientific news, researchers have discovered new evidence that ancient Chinese people discovered America before Italian explorer Christopher Colu…
Archeology
Discover a large hamster like a buffalo, as strong as a tiger
The strange creature with a large body like a buffalo and ivory-like set of teeth has lived on Earth about three million years ago.
Archeology
Fossils reveal the possibility of survival of new strains
Recently, Taiwanese fishermen who discovered a fossil of sea teeth may be evidence of the existence of an undiscovered human race in Asia.
Archeology
More than 800 million Asian men are descended from 11 ancestors
More than 800 million men living in Asia are now descended from only 11 men, including Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongolian empire, according to a new study.
Archeology
Ancient rodents weigh a ton
The world's largest rodent lived about three million years ago, about the size of a buffalo and weighs a ton.
Archeology
Shocking discovery: Asia is the cradle of art
Scientists have identified paintings in a cave in Sulawesi Island (Indonesia) that is up to 40,000 years old.
Archeology
Native Americans are of Siberian origin
Modern Indians inherited 38% of genetic genes from European ancestors who moved to Siberia from tens of thousands of years ago.
Archeology
Discover the oldest mammal
American and Chinese scientists have discovered fossils of the oldest mammal species distributed throughout Eurasia continent 160 million years ago.
Archeology
The lizard bears the name of a rock singer
American researchers discovered a new species of ancient Asian lizard and named it after the famous 1960s rock singer, Jim Morrison.
Archeology
Detecting modern human individual fossils 40,000 years old
A relative from Tianyuan Cave: a human being who lived 40,000 years ago seems to be a relative of many Asians and native Americans today.