Researchers have sequenced the genome of the mysterious Tarim Basin mummies for the first time, in an effort to understand the origins of these fascinating people.
The Bronze Age mummies found in China’s Taklamakan Desert decades ago were NOT travelers from the West but part of an ancient Ice Age Asian population. Credi
The Silk Road has long been known as a trade route that connected different cultures, and one area now known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region was a | Genetics And Genomics
The 4,000-year-old bodies, discovered in boat coffins, are the earliest human remains found in the Chinese region and have confounded scientists for decades.