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Strange, 300,000-year-old jawbone unearthed in China may come from vanished human lineage
Fragments of a jaw bone unearthed in China have a mosaic of features that are present in both modern and archaic humans, making it difficult to place on the human evolutionary tree.
Complete Bronze Age town with elite tombs discovered in northern China
The site is one of the largest ever discovered dating from China's early Shang Dynasty.
Flying squirrels in China have discovered a clever new trick to store nuts for longer
Two species of tropical flying squirrels have worked out that if they nibble grooves around nuts to store them between tree branches, they are preserved for longer.
Record-breaking 63,300 pounds of illegal shark fins seized in Brazil
Brazilian officials confiscated over 63,000 pounds (28,500 kilograms) of shark fins that were destined for Asian markets, according to reports.
What was the longest-lasting civilization?
Is the longest-lasting civilization China, ancient Egypt or Mesopotamia? Here's a look at the evidence for each of these enduring cultures.
2,700-year-old leather saddle found in woman's tomb in China is oldest on record
The elaborate leather saddle is dated from between roughly 700 B.C. and 400 B.C. and may be the earliest ever found.
China's mysterious space plane released an unidentified 'object' in orbit, US intelligence reveals
Here's what we know (and don't know) about China's mysterious space plane, which just landed after nine months in orbit on a secret mission.
Some of the 1st ice age humans who ventured into Americas came from China, DNA study suggests
The first wave of humans into the Americas during the last ice age may have hailed partly from northern China, according to a DNA study of ancient and modern Indigenous people.
