The importance of Asia in the global economy is evident by the amount of trade seen within this region, and the influence that countries like China and India, with the largest populations globally, are having in the world. Diverse in religion, geography, culture, and level of development, Asia is key in international research at Utah State University. Touting some of the oldest civilizations in the world, and presenting some of the most difficult challenges in education and economic evaluation, Asia has provided USU with both the opportunity to collaborate and make strides in many fields.

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 Human History in North China

Dr. Chris Morgan, working with an interdisciplinary, inter-institutional team of US researchers, scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, and professors and graduate students at Lanzhou University in Gansu Province, seeks to answer  questions of human evalution by excavating and evaluating archaeological sites in northwest China.