The discovery of Shimao city (around 2300–1800 bce), a premier state-level Neolithic fortified settlement in Shaanxi, China2, played an important role…
Beginning approximately 4,000 years ago, southwest-Asian-originating domesticated crops and livestock began appearing in Gansu, a key crossroads in no…
Here, we present genome-wide data from 112 individuals spanning 6000 to 300 years before present (BP), excavated from eight sites in central and north…
Southwestern East Asia, a key intersection linking southern East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Tibetan Plateau, is a crucial area for the study of ear…
Chang'an, the capital of 13 dynasties and the eastern starting point of the Silk Road, remains unclear due to the lack of ancient genomes. The genetic…
Aligned sequencing data from 10,016 ancient individuals generated as part of Akbari et al. 2026 are provided here. These include 367 newly reported sh…
Millet cultivation in northern China served as a critical catalyst for Neolithic sedentism and East Asian civilization, yet the demographic origins of…
Here, we reported and analysed 3 Late Neolithic human genomes from the Lushanmao Site and 34 Iron Age human genomes from the Liuying Site in the capit…
The Central Plain of China, the cradle of Chinese civilization, experienced major demographic upheavals during the Qing era (1644 - 1912 AD), yet its …
The goal of this study is to sequence the DNA present on a handkerchief allegedly dipped into the blood of the French king Louis XVI.这项研究的目的是对据称浸过法国国王…
Cultural and material exchange between groups across the mountainous region separating the East Asian Steppe and the plains and river valleys of north…
The Hanging Coffin represents a distinctive mortuary tradition practiced across southern China, Southeast Asia (e.g., the Log Coffin), and the Pacific…
Ningxia, located at a key crossroads between the Eurasian Steppe and East Asia, was an important corridor for cultural exchange and human migration, y…
The emergence of new political and social structures in Western and Central Europe during the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages has long be…
The first people reached Remote Oceania 3,000 years before present (BP), arriving roughly simultaneously in the southwest Pacific, the Marianas Archip…
The Paleolithic-to-Neolithic transition (PNT), which coincided with the Holocene warming trend after the last Ice Age, significantly transformed human…
Ibiza, an island in present-day Spain, was conquered in 902 CE by the Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba. The island remained under Islamic rule until 1235. H…
The Yun-Gui (Yunnan and Guizhou) Plateau of Southwest China has long been characterized by long-standing ethnolinguistic diversity shaped by complex d…