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Xinhua:Chinese scientists report new findings on unique pterosaur fossil |
The fossilized skeleton of the first complete pterosaur skeleton discovered in China is on exhibition at the Paleozoological Museum of China in Beijing. (Photo provided by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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Xinhua:Ancient bird skeleton points to arid past of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau |
BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Scientists have found a new species of sandgrouse in rocks dating back 6 to 9 million years in northwest China's Gansu Province, pointing to dry, arid habitats near the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as it rose to its current extreme altitude.
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Xinhua:New research shows evolution of pterosaur's tongue |
BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have found a fossilized pterosaur with part of the hyoid - the arched bone that supports the tongue - intact, indicating the evolution and function of the creature's tongue.
Scientists discovered the first basihyal, a part of the hyoid, in a pterosaur named Gladoce... |
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Xinhua:Ancient fossils clarify evolution of mammalian hearing |
BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Researchers have discovered ancient fossils of a new Cretaceous mammal species in northeast China's Liaoning Province, finding a missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle of mammalian hearing evolution.
The research was jointly conducted by paleontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Pa... |
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Xinhua:China Focus: Scientists mark 90th anniversary of Peking Man's discovery |
BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Global paleontologists gathered in Beijing Monday to mark the 90th anniversary of the discovery of the first skull of Peking Man, the homo erectus that lived in the suburbs of today's capital of China about 700,000 years ago.
Nearly 200 Chinese and foreign scholars attended the intern... |
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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 regions of... |
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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 Liaoning ... |
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