The Great Wall was built to secure ancient China’s northern borders against nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.

In the Iron Age there was an increase in movement of Steppe ... relics. Ancient settlements featuring earthen objects are commonly found in arid environments in northwest China and Central ...

During the ongoing exhibition, Radiance of the East: Million-Year Human Imprint in Nihewan, at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing, visitors can follow fossil evidence to trace the earliest ...

The strata contains abundant fossils of ancient ... giant deer and steppe mammoths, providing invaluable materials for studying the evolution of Cenozoic fauna in northern China.