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Postdoc Position in Computational Phylogenetics |
A postdoc position is available in the lab of Dr. Chi Zhang in the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, China. The position is available immediately, and is for two years initially, with possible extension upon progress.
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Xinhua:Ancient fossil clarifies Sumatran striped rabbits' origin |
BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Researchers have made new discoveries about the origin of Sumatran striped rabbits from a 6.2 million-year-old fossil, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Sumatran striped rabbits generally have a gray body with brown stripes and live now in the mountainous regio... |
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Xinhua:New lizard species found in flying dinosaur fossil |
BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have identified a new species of lizard from a fossil specimen of a Microraptor, a flying dinosaur living in the early Cretaceous period.
Microraptor is one of the world's smallest carnivorous dinosaurs. The fossil specimen of the Microraptor was found in Liao... |
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Xinhua: Chinese researchers discover 300,000-year-old ancient human fossils |
HEFEI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese paleontologists have discovered more than 30 ancient human fossils that dated back to about 300,000 years, at an excavation site in Dongzhi County in east China's Anhui Province.
They have also found more than 100 stone artifacts used by ancient humans as well as mammalian ... |
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China Daily: Scientists find rare dinosaur with wings |
By ZHANG ZHIHAO | China DailyUpdated: May 10, 2019 The cover of the journal Nature on Thursday. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Chinese scientists have discovered an "extremely rare" and "fantastical" Jurassic Period dinosaur species in Liaoning province that roamed China's ancient forests with batlike wings att... |
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XinHua: Chinese scientists discover bizarre winged dinosaur |
Xinhua May 09 , 2019
Artistic illustration of a bizarre dinosaur with membranous wings discovered by Chinese scientists (Courtesy of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Chinese scientists have found the remains of a bizarre Jurassic dinosaur with... |
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Phys.org: Asian elephant outlives stegodon—advantage due to diverse diet |
Together with their Chinese colleagues, Senckenberg scientists studied the feeding habits of the Asian elephant and its extinct relative, the stegodon, during the Pleistocene. They reached the conclusion that the Asian elephant had a more diverse diet, which gave it a distinct advantage. The study was recently ... |
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National Geographic：Ancient teeth hint at mysterious human relative |
FOUR TEETH FOUND in a cave in the Tongzi county of southern China have scientists scratching their heads.
In 1972 and 1983, researchers extracted the roughly 200,000-year-old teeth from the silty sediments of the Yanhui cave floor, initially labeling them as Homo erectus, the upright-walking hominins though... |
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Xinhua：Scientists discover dinosaur-era bird fossil with unlaid egg |
BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- A group of scientists have discovered a fossil bird dating back about 110 million years, which is the first ever found to have an unlaid egg in its abdomen.
The fossil represents a new species, Avimaia schweitzerae, belonging to a group called the Enantiornithes which was abund... |
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