Scientists Deciphered 3,000-Year-Old ‘Oracle Bones’—and Found Evidence of an Ancient Disaster

Combining the writing on the bones with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found how typhoon activity helped shift the ...
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Climate disasters caused societal upheaval 3,000 years ago in China, study of 'oracle bones' hints

Some civilizations in inland China underwent dramatic changes and population drops 3,000 years ago. Now, researchers are ...

Inland China experienced typhoon-related population decline 3,000 years ago, according to ...

Evidence suggests that China's "cradle of civilization" experienced marked climate disasters and social upheavals during the mid-late Holocene (around 3,000 years ago). However, the direct causes and ...
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China's oracle bone scripts inscribed into world's memory

China's oracle bone scripts, an ancient type of Chinese characters inscribed on animal bones or turtle shells, have successfully entered the UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, according to the ...
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From worship to birth, oracle bones carry the secret of Chinese characters’ origins

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, inspected the Yinxu Ruins, the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC), in Anyang, Central China's ...