Research Progress
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    11 2009

    New Scientist :Chinese challenge to 'out of Africa' theory

    00:01 03 November 2009 by Phil McKenna
      The discovery of an early human fossil in southern China may challenge the commonly held idea that modern humans originated out of Africa.
      Jin Changzhu and colleagues...

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    03 2009

    Nature: Peking man was cool


      The age of Homo erectus, known familiarly as Peking Man, has been hotly debated. This week Shen et al. use a recently developed dating technique that computes deposits to be about 770,000 years old — about 3...

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    01 2009

    LiveScience.com: Dinosaur Wore Primitive Down Coat

    By Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer
      posted: 12 January 2009 05:00 pm ET
      When alive, Beipiaosaurus would have sported shorter feathers on its entire body with tufts of long, broad feathers on its head, tail and...