Even 2200 years after his death, we can’t mess with Qin Shi Huang because the tomb is booby trapped to kill intruders.
Tag: China
Oldest plant eating long necked dinosaur species discovered in India
Discovery of plant eating long necked dinosaur suggests India may have been an important center of dinosaur evolution.
A woman’s oldest riding saddle found in northwest China
The study shows how the oldest directly dated riding saddle was designed to make horse and rider feel comfortable.
A skull discovered in China suggests a different kind of humans
A 300,000 year old skull has been found in China and reek features of both humans and more distantly related hominids.
Tomb with panda remains found in China
Chinese archaeologists find a giant panda skeleton in a 4000 year old tomb.This suggests that pandas were hunted at the time.
How did adaptations to living in cold climates favor social evolution?
Scientists have found answers to how a species’ long-term adaptation to living in an extremely cold climate changes its social evolution.
Second excavation begins at 5,500 year old neolithic site in Sanxingcun, China
Excavations in the village of Sanxingcun in China’s eastern Jiangsu province are resuming after a 30 year hiatus.
3500 year old bone ice skates found in China
3500 year old ice skates made of animal bone have been found in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This is clear evidence of communication between China and Europe in the Bronze Age.
Tomb of Hun warrior and his horse unearthed in Romania
When workers on a new highway in Romania realized they were excavating the burial walls of a Hun warrior, they called in archaeologists.
DNA of a previously unknown group of people found in Siberia
A hitherto unidentified population that resided in Siberia during the last Ice Age has been revealed via genetic study.