Thousands of miles of ancient, man-made aqueducts were once vital to the salt trade of the Silk Road during a time of worldwide coastal flooding, which rendered many sea salt basins useless.

You probably don’t give too much thought to slime molds—the bizarre, colonial organisms that look like blobs of goo. But these underrated creatures have ...

(CNN) — Modified skulls found in an ancient burial site in Japan were deliberately reshaped in both men and women as an expression of collective identity. The practice may also have helped the ...

An analysis of ancient DNA is transforming the understanding of the genetic ancestry of Japan's modern-day population, identifying a crucial contribution from people who arrived about 1,700 years ...