Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

New Analyses Verify the Use of Fire by Peking Man

Zhoukoudian Locality 1 in northern China has been widely known for the discovery of the Middle Pleistocene human ancestor Homo erectus pekinensis ( known as Peking Man ) since the 1920s. By 1931, the suggestion that the Zhoukoudian hominins could use and control fire had become widely accepted. However, some analyses have cast doubt on...

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First Enantiornithine Bird Found From the Upper...
Most known Enantiornithes from China are from the Jehol Group (131–120 million years ago), which has yielded numerous and exquisitely preserved Lower Cretaceous birds, and all known Enantiornithes are restricted to northern China. In an article p...

Cat Domestication Traced to Chinese Farmers 5,3...
Domestic cats are one of the most popular pets worldwide, but little is known about their domestication. In a study published December 16, 2013 in PNAS, Dr. HU Yaowu, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of S...

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IVPP scientists receive 2013 State Natural Scie...
IVPP scientists were conferred a second-class award of the 2013 State Natural Science Award (SNSA) in recognition of their achievements in the project “Studies on Origin and Early Evolution of Osteichthyes”. The award presentation ceremony was h...

IVPP’s Study Selected as One of Discover’s To...
One research discovery from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, "The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution", developed by Dr. Xijun Ni, and his collaborators from U...

Largest known haramiyid: <EM>Arboroharamiya jenkinsi</EM>

A New Thalattosaur:<em>Concavispina biseridens</em>

A New Oviraptorid Dinosaur:<em>Wulatelong gobiensis</em>

Oldest Known Fossil Primate Skeleton:<em>Archicebus achilles</em>

Hominin teeth from the late Middle Pleistocene cave site of Panxian Dadong

Leg (hindlimb) Feathers First discovered in Early Birds

First Discovery of Fossilized Ovaries in Early Birds

the visualization of the placental ancestor—a small, insect-eating animal

The earliest known stem-tetrapod: <em>Tungsenia paradoxa</em>

Oldest flying fish fossil: <em>Potanichthys xingyiensis</em> (Thoracopteridae)