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A weird combination of Deinotherium and Platybelodon- Elephantiformes without ivories, which were discovered by IVPP
　　In the main Proboscidean taxon of Elephantiformes, a huge pair of developed top incisors (ivories) has become a distinctive feature of this taxon. The structure is usually made as a tool for individual foraging and a weapon for males to compete for mating. The Proboscidean taxon without ivories usually and only exists in the primi...
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New Old World Vulture Found from the Late Miocene of China New Old World Vulture Found from the Late Mioce...

　　Neogene fossils of Old World vultures (Aegypiinae and Gypaetinae) are known from Africa, Eurasia, and North America. The evolution of Old World Vultures is closely tied to the expansion of grasslands and open woodlands and appearance of large...
New Finding from Southern China Helps Understanding the Feeding Ecology of Pleistocene Proboscideans New Finding from Southern China Helps Understan...

　　The proboscidean fossil record in China is characterized by a high evolutionary rate, wide spatio-temporal distribution and richness of environmental indicators. Therefore, proboscideans make important indicator fossils for reconstructing ter...
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Nature:Teeth from China Reveal an Early Human Trek out of Africa Nature:Teeth from China Reveal an Early Human T...
"Stunning" find shows that Homo sapiens reached Asia around 100,000 years ago
　　By Ewen Callaway, Nature magazine
　　These 47 human teeth, dated to 80,000-120,000 years ago, were found in a limestone cave system in Daoxian, China. Credit: S. Xi...
Nature: How China is rewriting the book on human origins Nature: How China is rewriting the book on huma...

　　Fossil finds in China are challenging ideas about the evolution of modern humans and our closest relatives.
　　12 July 2016
　　DeAgostini/Getty
　　The reconstructed skull of Peking Man, the fossil that launched discussions of human origins...
Extinct Tibetan Fox: <EM>Vulpes qiuzhudingi</EM>   Sexually Dimorphic <EM>Hamipterus tianshanensis</EM> and Their Tridimensionally Preserved Eggs   Oldest Ionoscopiform Fish:<EM>Robustichthys luopingensis</EM>   Nearest Ancestor of Living Bears: <EM>Ursavus tedfordi</EM>   The scanilepiform ray-finned fish <EM>Fukangichthys longidorsalis</EM>   New Specimens of <EM>Yanornis</EM> Indicate a Digestive System of Living Birds   Bizarre Bovid Species Found from the Late Miocene of Linxia Basin, China   Large Anseriform Fossils Found From the Late Eocene of Xinjiang, China   New Enantiornithine Bird with Scansorial Adaptations   Oldest Ionoscopiform Fish Found from the Middle Triassic of South China  
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