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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.
China's malfunctioning Mars rover may have found evidence of recent water on the Red Planet
Data from China's unresponsive Zhurong rover suggests that Mars had snow and frost as recently as 400,000 years ago.
China finally admits its hibernating Mars rover may never wake up
The Zhurong Mars rover never woke up from a planned hibernation, and the head of the mission team has now revealed why.
Newly discovered jellyfish is a 24-eyed weirdo related to the world's most venomous marine creature
Researchers named the newfound species Tripedalia maipoensis, after Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong, where they discovered the transparent critter.
Ancient princesses helped build vast warrior empire that prompted China to erect the Great Wall
Analysis of ancient DNA and grave goods from burials suggest that princesses helped to build a "massive empire" stretching from Kazakhstan to Mongolia.
