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Chromosome 2, the fused strand that sets humans apart from other primates, may be the most compelling clue …

The Fu River surges from the snowy plateau, cuts a deep ravine between two mountains, and races into …

It used to be that longevity meant one thing: surviving the years. The new century has rewritten that …

In a world where exhaustion has become a badge of honor, “rest as resistance” is emerging as a …

On October 5, 1957, the main gate to the underground palace of the Dingling Mausoleum was finally broken …

Traditional Chinese thought treated natural disasters as moral signals rather than accidents of nature. Seen as Heaven’s warnings, …

On September 6, 1958, the Chinese Communist authorities announced shocking news to the world: the Dingling Mausoleum, one …

Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practised by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia, and beyond as far …

When you picture sharks, you probably think of large, powerful predators cruising the open ocean. Species such as …

Tucked away in the remote mountainous regions of Japan‘s Gifu and Toyama prefectures, the historic villages of Shirakawa-gō …