A new study in Nature Communications finds a critical climate tipping point in Tibetan permafrost ecosystems. Warming of 2–4 ...

Now an arid region, this land attracted prehistoric people to the region thousands of years ago. The area is one of the cradles of our species and other ancient peoples. And a new discovery enables ...

Researchers examine how topography shaped ancient Tibet's biotic evolution. Due to sparse fossil records, the topography of ancient Tibet and its impact on the region's biodiversity are unclear. To ...

Nearly 300 houses were destroyed or dismantled in a fire that destroyed the majority of Dukezong in Shangri-La county, China, on Saturday, January 11. The 1,300-year-old city is a popular tourist ...

Roughly 3500 years ago, inhabitants of the Tibetan Plateau began exploiting dairy pastoralism as way to secure a mobile supply of food and adapt to the region’s cold, arid environment, according to an ...

Milk — whether from a cow, plant, or nut — is often said to do a body good, but would you believe it also may have helped build civilizations? That’s according to new findings published Wednesday in ...

According to a study published in Current Biology on May 22, the genetic components of the ancient populations in the western Tibetan Plateau are closest to ancient populations in the southern Tibetan ...

The jawbone of a little-known form of ancient human has been discovered in western China. Scientists say these people lived as long as 150,000 years ago, and they were part of a group called ...

Below, Ann Tashi Slater shares five key insights from her new book, Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World. Traveling in Bardo interweaves explorations of impermanence in our ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence, using recently-discovered 25-million-year-old fossilized palm leaves, that Tibet's geography was not as 'high and dry' as previously thought. A team of ...

3 Washington National Opera Opens THE CRUCIBLE At Lisner Auditorium Experience a culture of love, compassion and kindness at Seattle Center Festál: Tibet Fest, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 24-25, 11 a.m.