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Climate Change Influences Biodiversity Evolution of Birds: Study
  A research team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that the biodiversity evolution of birds had been influenced mainly by long-term climatic changes and also by the K-Pg extinction.
  The study was published in PNAS on Feb. 22.
  Dr. ZHANG Chi and...
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New Findings on Devonian“Platypus Fish” Cast Light on Evolution of Modern Jawed Vertebrates New Findings on Devonian“Platypus Fish” Cast ...

  New findings on the brain and inner ear cavity of a 400-million-year-old platypus-like fish cast light on the evolution of modern jawed vertebrates, according to a study led by Dr. ZHU Youan and Dr. LU Jing from the Institute of Vertebrate Pa...
Researchers Announce World’s First Dinosaur Preserved Sitting on Nest of Eggs that Includes Fossilized Babies Researchers Announce World’s First Dinosaur Pr...

  An attentive oviraptorid theropod dinosaur broods its nest of blue-green eggs while its mate looks on in what is now Jiangxi Province of southern China some 70 million years ago. Artwork by Zhao Chuang.
  A multinational team of researchers...
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Xinhua:Rare dinosaur fossils found in east China Xinhua:Rare dinosaur fossils found in east China

  Simulated image shows how dinosaurs incubate. (Photo provided by Yunnan University and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  A group of rare incubating dinosaur fossils has b...
Xinhua:Researchers date when ancient birds, feathered dinosaurs began to molt Xinhua:Researchers date when ancient birds, fea...

  BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- When did ancient birds and feathered dinosaurs start to molt, and how? Researchers from China and Israel have jointly unveiled the mystery.
  According to research published in the journal Current Biology, anci...
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