Ancient China's Shang Dynasty Sacrificed Puppies, With Dogs That Had Been Buried Alive Discovered in Tombs Published May 08, 2019 at 7:47 AM EDT Updated May 20, 2019 at 2:34 PM EDT File photo: A ...

Ancient Animal Sacrifices Sacrificial remains of humans and animals, believed to be at least 2,700 years old, have been found in central China's Luoyang city (map), Chinese archaeologists say.

In fact, ancient China had a set of moral values that encouraged kindness to the old, young, disadvantaged, and nonhuman animals. The book calls for attention on China's post-socialist ...

The modern day otter might not be the most fearsome creature to stalk the Earth, but the discovery of a species that lived 6.6 million years ago in southwestern China suggests its ancestor cut a ...

Ancient Chinese villagers may have palled around with felines, according to a new study that finds possible evidence of domesticated cats 5,300 years ago in a Yangshao village.

The ancient skates look quite different from their modern-day equivalents. ... Animal bone ice skates — made 3,500 years ago — found in tomb in China, photos show ...

Fossils of a giant otter have emerged from the depths of an open-pit mine in China. The crushed cranium, jaw bone and partial skeletons of at least three animals belong to a now-extinct species of ...

Chinese cats. Domesticated cats were thought to have landed in China only about 2,000 years ago, after the Egyptians exported them to Greece and the felines spread throughout Europe. But new ...