Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east ... Old Zhu’s wife, Huang Xiling, now posted at the stern, had given birth to the family’s two sons on earlier barges. She cooked, cleaned ...

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.

The earliest ice skates in ancient China were primarily crafted from horse shinbones. Over time, wooden ice skates emerged, ...

This ancient marvel rivaled Rome’s intricate network of roads This ancient marvel rivaled Rome’s intricate network of roads China’s beloved drunken poet died centuries ago—or did he?

A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

now suggest it may be time to formally recognize a previously unknown ancient hominin, and they’ve proposed officially recognizing a species new to science. The most striking characteristic of ...