Paleostress modeling shows how a region of the Andean Plateau was uplifted and formed beginning more than 20 million years ...

The Tibetan Plateau hosts the world's largest permafrost region in the middle and low latitudes. Compared to the ...

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The discovery of bones in a Tibetan cave 3,280m above sea level suggests that the little-known Denisovans lived on the high, ...

A team of Chinese researchers has found lakes on the Tibetan Plateau have been decreasing in salinity over the past two ...

A Chinese-led international climate research team has drilled its way into the record books after digging deep into the past ...

The Andean Plateau in South America rises, on average, more than 4,000 meters above sea level, formed by orogenic uplift that ...

A new study has revealed that Denisovans survived on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau as late as 48,000–32,000 years ago, by butchering and consuming a diverse range of animals.

Denisovans survived and thrived on the high-altitude Tibetan plateau for more than 100,000 years, according to a new study that deepens scientific understanding of the enigmatic ancient humans ...