Experts Place Ancient Toolmakers on a Fast Track to Northern China
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A discovery of 1.66 million-year-old stone tools has produced the earliest evidence that human ancestors apparently dispersed across Asia at a relatively rapid clip.
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Archaeologists have recovered more than 1,000 artifacts at sites being prepared for the 2008 Olympics, but elsewhere in China, they are often in a losing race against bulldozers.
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Archaeologists discover more than 250 examples of prehistoric rock art carvings in Northumberland.
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YUMEN, China Not far from the old Silk Road, Chinese government scientists have begun boring holes deep into granite in the first steps toward building what could become the world's largest tomb for nuclear waste.
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An almost complete human skull dating back 80,000 to 100,000 years was unearthed in central China, state media reported Wednesday.
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Unleashing a new kind of DNA analyzer on a 38,000-year-old fragment of fossilized Neanderthal bone, scientists have reconstructed a portion of that creature's genetic code -- a technological tour de force that has researchers convinced they will soon know the entire DNA sequence of the closest...
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NEW YORK - A new fossil discovery from China sh
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Science & environment: Up and down the country ice rinks are brimming but skate use was very different nearly 4,000 years ago
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Villagers in central China spent decades digging up bones they believed belonged to flying dragons and using them in traditional medicines. Turns out the bones belonged to dinosaurs, and now scientists are doing the digging.
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French and Chinese paleontologists have identified the fossil of a two-headed reptile from a species that lived in what is now China nearly 150 million years ago.
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There&#39;s a new storm in the ranks of anthropologists who try to understand the long and puzzling history of human evolution by studying fossil evidence from millions of years ago.
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Scientists exploring the western slopes of the Andes in northern Peru have found seeds of domesticated squash from almost 10,000 years ago.
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Archaeologists excavating the seabed off Cyprus have discovered the tools of ancient mariners, which they believe were used by foragers more than 10,000 years ago &#151; before the island had permanent settlements.
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Researchers plan first detailed survey of the Great Wall of China to establish just how long the ancient barricade is.
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Wine, the elixir of the gods, may be as old as human history, and a team of archaeologists who combine their science with chemistry has found evidence that Chinese were already enjoying sips of fermented rice, honey and fruit in the late Stone Age, more
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PARIS: A team led by the world&#39;s most successful fossil hunter said that they have found the remains of a feathery dragon-like forerunner of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex at a dinosaur graveyard in northeastern China.
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By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 18--Second of three reports   In China, where weavers and assemblers have cobbled together the fastest-growing major economy on Earth, the government is pushing beyond manufacturing. It wants innovation.