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Science News: Long-Sought Fossil Mammal With Transitional Middle Ear |
The skeleton of the new mammal Liaoconodon hui (dorsal view of the holotype, IVPP V16051, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing). (Credit: Meng, et al 2011 ( Nature))
Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Chinese Academy of Sciences announce the d... |
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Chinese Paleontologists Raise Doubts About a Cheetah Fossil in Science |
| In a 24 December 2010 News Focus story in Science, Dr. DENG Tao, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented a query for a 2009 PNAS paper by Per Christiansen of the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen and Ji H. Mazák of the Shanghai Science and Technology ... |
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IVPP's Professor Elected Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| ZHANG Miman (Meemann Chang), Professor of Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, was recently elected to the position of Foreign Member to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. The Royal Swedish Acad... |
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IVPP's Research Ranks China's Top Ten Science Achievements of 2010 |
| China's Top Ten Science Achievements of 2010, conducted by The Supervising Center of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, released on Jan 18, 2011. One research discovery from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Human remains from ... |
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IVPP research is part of Discover magazine's Top 100 Science Stories of 2010 |
Fig.1：Fossilized pigment organelles reveal the true colors of Sinosauropteryx (Courtesy of Dr. ZHANG Fucheng)
One research discovery from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds... |
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National Geographic: Oldest Modern Human Outside of Africa Found |
Chinese fossil challenges traditional early-human time line, study says.
Several views of a human jawbone and molars found in a Chinese cave.
Diagram courtesy Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes |
| The study of fossil fishes has advanced significantly over the past few years, giving scientists a rare opportunity to understand the origin and early evolution of major vertebrate groups, ranging from the jawless agnathans to piscine gnathostomes (placoderms, acanthodians, chondrichthyans and osteichthyans). This b... |
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NatureNews:Top dinosaur hunters are worst at naming |
The more fossil species you describe, the less likely the names are to stick.
Zoë Corbyn
Edward Cope named 64 dinosaur species, but only 9 of his names are still in use.Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Those palaeontologists who name the most new dinosaur species are the least likely to get it right, ... |
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