URUMQI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Winter Games Around the Altai Mountains, which ended Tuesday in Altay City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, highlighted the growing bonds between ...

Believers ventured deep into Siberia and the Altai Mountains. Some lived simply but happily. The state caught up to others, annexed their land, and enforced brutal double taxation and other ...

URUMQI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Winter Games Around the Altai Mountains, which ended Tuesday in Altay City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, highlighted the growing bonds ...

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

His ‘Flying Kremlin’ Ilyushin 96-300 - equivalent to Air Force One - disappeared from radar screens over the remote Altai region in Siberia, after a flight from Moscow on Monday, New Year’s ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

Vladimir Putin is rumoured to have taken a secret break this week at his bolthole mountain palace where ... radar screens over the remote Altai region in Siberia, after a flight from Moscow ...

A pinkie bone recovered from Denisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains in 2010 also led to the idea of a distinct ancient human population, dubbed the Denisovans, that some people share ...