Sound on! From conch shells to bone flutes, humans have been making musical instruments for tens of thousands of years. What did prehistoric music sound like? Follow us on a journey to find the ...

Two new studies published in Science and Cell have shed light on a mysterious skull found in China, and in the process have provided insight into the lives of a previously little-known ancient human.

In southwest China, the ancient teahouses of the Sichuan ... Published in the July/August 2025 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK). To subscribe to National Geographic Traveller (UK ...

Scientists on the Chang'e-4 team are interested in ancient craters within the ... Collins's plan in the November 1988 issue of National Geographic magazine.) China has big plans for its lunar ...

THE face of humans’ most mysterious ancestor has finally been uncovered after 217,000 years. The discovery proves that the ...

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

"Renovating heritage architecture takes priority in protecting architectural authenticity and maintaining original structures ...

Known as "Fred," this mummy proves that Egyptians had been using embalming practices for 1,500 years longer than scientists ...

China hopes to become a global leader in protected nature reserves, creating a network of wilderness that would be three ...

There’s culture, there’s tradition—and then there’s drinks. From Italy’s historical north to the tip of the boot, options ...

Will a new road to China save its unique culture or destroy ... some were excavated more than a millennium ago. In 2008 a National Geographic team managed to access a cave 700 feet above the ...