Combining the writing on the bones with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found how typhoon activity helped shift the ...

Inscriptions carved into animal bones more than 3,000 years ago by Shang dynasty diviners contain direct evidence of ...

While being plump had a place in China’s history, extreme diets, constricting clothes formed part of nation’s centuries-old desire for slimness.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The apparent contradiction begins immediately, with the book’s title: “Healing with Poisons.” But in this sweeping examination of poison’s role in medieval Chinese medicine, Yan Liu, ...

Warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean may have brought devastating floods to the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, ...

Chronology of Sinitic cores in the Early Medieval Period -- Introduction -- Metageographies -- China, reconsidered -- Geographical writing -- 1. Geographical writing -- Defining the genre -- Warring ...

New study indicates Neolithic cultures in China may have separated graves of perinatal infants; different treatment than older children One of the profound tragedies in life is the burial of the ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...

In ancient China there was a unique and quirky profession: if someone committed a crime and was sentenced to flogging, they could hire another person to take the punishment on their behalf. During the ...