The present paper analyzes the changes in migration patterns of a Tibetan-style transhumance livelihood system for a period of 20 years in northwest Yunnan, China. Between 1984 and 2005, the average ...

Using advanced geospatial modeling to compare environmental and archaeological evidence, researchers found evidence that connects ancient mobility and subsistence strategies to cultural connections ...

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is referred to as the “water tower” of Asia for being home to the headwaters of many major rivers in Asia, including the Yangtze, Yellow, Ganges, and Indus. Therefore, TP ...

At the end of last century, a revival of the Shangri-La tale generated a Tibetan-area touring boom. The 'Tibetan-area' refers to not only Tibet, but also a large number of Tibetan residences in the ...

A study published in Water Biology and Security has revealed the spatial and temporal patterns of biodiversity in four taxonomic groups – fish, macroinvertebrates, zooplankton and phytoplankton – ...

The present study was conducted on children of Tibetan origin living at moderate altitudes (2,000 m) to throw light on their growth patterns. In all 299 boys and 278 girls ranging in age from 9 to 19 ...

The Sino-Tibetan language family consists of more than 400 languages spoken by around 1.4 billion speakers worldwide, including major world languages like Chinese, Tibetan and Burmese. However, ...