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LiveScience:Skull Confirms Older Origin for 'Living Fossil' Fish |
A group of ancient fish, called coelacanths, have changed so little over time they are known as "living fossils." Now, the remains of a skull found in the Yunnan Province of China, confirms these creatures have been around, largely unchanged, for more than 400 million years.
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People's Daily:Smuggled dinosaur nest may be a fake |
By Cheng Yingqi (China Daily) 09:28, February 09, 201
Experts' opinions differ over veracity and worth of fossil back in China
BEIJING - A well-preserved nest of fossilized dinosaur eggs that was smuggled to the United States but returned to China may not be as valuable as first believed.
The 22 eggs ar... |
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IVPP ZHOU Zhonghe Elected Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Dr. ZHOU Zhonghe, professor and director of Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was elected member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to the announcement released by CAS on 9th of December, 2011.
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LiveScience:Feathers Preserved in Amber Reveal Colorful, 'Fluffy' Dinosaurs |
By Jennifer Welsh | LiveScience.com – Thu, Sep 15, 2011
About 80 million years ago, the flap of wings in a conifer forest let loose feathers that floated through the air before sticking to globs of shining tree sap below.
Researchers in Western Canada have discovered these slicks of solidified sap, known as... |
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Chang-Kang HU Passed Away at Age 83 |
Photography by Dr. Jin Meng in 2010
Paleontologist whose studies of Quaternary mammal fossils excavated at Choukoutien, Beijing, the famous site of Homo erectus (Sinanthropus pekinensis) belong to the important research works in the field of Chinese paleontology. Chang-Kang Hu was the wife of Tung-Sheng Liu... |
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Sino-American Expedition Produced Birch Mouse Ancestor in Inner Mongolia |
Fig.1: Sicista primus, a new species of birch mice, identified from 17 tiny teeth from Early Miocene deposits in the central region of Inner Mongolia. (Credit: Yuri Kimura/Southern Methodist University)
A Sino-American scientific team, sponsored by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropol... |
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IVPP’s Professor to Receive Honorary Degree from Chicago University |
| Meemann Chang (ZHANG Miman), a paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, will receive an honorary degree from the University of Chicago during the 507th Convocation Ceremony on Saturday, June 11, 2011, as announced... |
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