Archeological evidence from the Altai region makes clear the arrival of Homo erectus from Africa can be dated at between 800,000 and one million years ago.

Underground cryostorage facility will become largest in world, using Siberia's permafrost to naturally safeguard food and plants for 100 years.

Found in Kamchatka's Valley of the Geysers, it promises a scientific breakthrough, say experts.

Global warming spells doom for boreal forests with potentially dramatic implications for carbon release in dark taiga.

Unique remains give vital clues to man's origins and early travels, say experts.

Pioneering research in Novosibirsk can help formulate cures for depression in European people.

The main remnant of the Chelyabinsk meteorite is to be hoisted to the surface within days.

Virtual reality diagnosis using a new mathematical model linked to balance can detect first signs of these disorders, it is claimed. 

An expedition to one of Eurasia's northernmost caves unlocks secrets that might help explain the extinction of mammoths.