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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient ...

For the Bo, a small ethnic group that survives today in the Chinese province of Yunnan, height was a symbol of protection and prestige.

(Reuters) -In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now ...

The world’s largest human migration, China’s Spring Festival travel rush, could date back more than 2,000 years and reflects ...

The record reveals dramatic swings. Three dry intervals brought less than 700 millimeters of rain per year, while two wet periods exceeded 1,000 millimeters annually and lasted for decades. The most ...