In 1979, Yin became a guardian of the Guangwu Great Wall, patrolling daily to deter villagers from taking any bricks. In the ...

Most Chinese hospitals have a ward devoted to ancient cures. Citing traditional medicine’s potential to lower costs and yield innovative treatments, not to mention raise China’s prestige ...

Corn's ancient ancestors are calling: Genomic encyclopedia sheds light on domestication 9,000 years ago by Jen A. Miller, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ...

A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...

Less well-known are the musical instruments made of clay. They have been played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which ...

To grow the corn of tomorrow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory geneticists and plant biologists are digging up maize’s ancient roots ... strains of maize and its ancestor teosinte.

Such knots are seen as the predecessors of Chinese characters. In ancient times, Chinese ancestors tied different knots to keep records and convey messages, before the invention of written characters.

This is believed to be the first ... Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and ...

In recent scientific developments, researchers have unveiled a fossilized avian skull identified as Vegavis iaai, marking it as the oldest-known ancestor to modern birds. Unearthed on Vega Island, ...

China's leading baijiu maker Wuliangye sent its Spring Festival greetings to the world through a 3D advertisement released ...