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09 2025
During the course of evolution, the mammalian cranio-mandibular secondary joint—formed by the dentary condyle and the squamosal glenoid fossa, which replaced the reptilian articular–quadrate joint—represents an...
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08 2025The Neolithic Revolution was a pivotal event in human evolutionary history. The gathering and domestication of cereal grains, such as wheat and barley, around 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent of West Asia ...
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08 2025A new fossil discovery shows that the lush ancient forests of China 120 million years ago were home to brilliantly colored extinct birds with iridescent feathers. This unexpected breakthrough reported by an intern...
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06 2025Multidisciplinary Evidence Reveals Climate–Carbon-Cycle Interactions During the Carnian Pluvial Episode(A 230 Ma "Climate Shock" Rings a Warning for Today)The Mesozoic Era was marked by long-term greenhouse clima...
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05 2025The calcitic layers of the eggshells of archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds) and turtles are composed of eggshell units. Those growing from the shell membrane are called primary eggshell units (PEUs), whi...
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05 2025
Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science on May 29, a research team led by Prof. Fu Qiaomei at the Institute of Vert...
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05 2025
Archaeopteryx is one of the most famous fossil animals in the world. Its discovery shortly after the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species offered strong support for the theory of evolution. For more t...
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02 2025
A research team led by Professor WANG Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered two bird fossils in Jurassic-era rocks from Fu...
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01 2025The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a large feline unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its surrounding areas. As the apex predator in the region, the snow leopard plays a crucial role in maintaining ecologica...
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09 2024
Food fermentation is the oldest production practice using microorganisms in human history. Milk fermentation, for example, can be traced back to 6000–4000 BC in India, and Mediterranean populations produced and c...
