West Asia is a region where history meets the modern world. It sits at the crossroads of three continents: Asia, Africa, and ...

The growing paleopathological literature shows that scurvy was not a rare problem among people living in the ancient Asia-Pacific tropics. Scurvy is increasingly identified throughout the region, ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

A rare visit to a Khmer temple on Thailand and Cambodia’s border showed how deadly clashes between the two countries have scarred a heritage site.

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

The Soviet Union severed Central Asia’s ancient trade routes to the Indian subcontinent. The region’s modern-day leaders want ...

Humans were moving between Siberia and northern China far earlier than thought, according to a new study that offers a detailed new picture of East Asia’s population history. Northern East Asia, which ...

Archaeologists have found a prehistoric human skeleton deep inside a flooded cave system on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans.

From the Qin Dynasty in China to the Mughal courts of India under Humayun and Shah Jahan, seviyan or vermicelli has travelled across trade routes, evolving into Eid classics like sheer khurma and ...