But while it's a generally agreed-upon concept, scientists rely on painstakingly precise data to map ... "Asia has desert up north, tropical forests in the south, temperate forests in the east ...

One of my favourite maps of medieval ... argue that the ancient and medieval world were more closely linked than we used to think. Taken together, these books are bringing Asia to the centre ...

Ancient DNA from a 14,000-year-old skull found in south-west China reveals that the individual was a member of our species, Homo sapiens, and had genetic ties to the east Asian ancestors of Native ...

They generated high-definition reconstructions of past Asian monsoons based on data from China's Loess Plateau, and simulated the ancient East Asia hydroclimate and ancient human habitat environments.