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Location: Home > Research > Research Progress     Research Progress Genomic Study of Ancient Humans Sheds Light on Human Evolution on the Tibetan Plateau 　　The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau above sea level, is one of the harshest environments settled by humans. It has a cold and arid environment and its elevation often surpasses 4000 meters above sea level (masl). The plateau covers a wide expanse of Asia—approximately 2.5 million square kilome... Assessment of contaminants associated with gold-standard ancient DNA protocols 　　Ancient DNA (aDNA) techniques have rapidly evolved in recent years, especially the application of single-stranded DNA library construction protocol and the automation of lab work using liquid handling robots that has greatly improved the efficiency of ancient DNA research. These techniques are widely used in th... Bizarre Cretaceous Bird from China Shows Evolutionarily Decoupled Skull and Body 　　It is now widely accepted that birds are descended from dinosaurs. It is also understood that this transition encompasses some of the most dramatic transformations morphologically, functionally, and ecologically, thus eventually giving rise to the characteristic bird body plan. 　　However, paleontologists stil... Chinese Fossil Shows Modern Bird Skull Evolved from a Mixture of Dinosaur and Bird Features 　　Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IVPP) in Beijing and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago have revealed that birds retained key dinosaurian traits far into their evolution many millions of years after the split between ... Ancient 'Shark' from China Is Humans' Oldest Jawed Ancestor Palaeontologists discover a 439-million-year-old 'shark' that forces us ... 　　Living sharks are often portrayed as the apex predators of the marine realm. Paleontologists have been able to identify fossils of their extinct ancestors that date back hundreds of millions of years to a time known as the Palaeozoic period. These early "sharks," known as acanthodians, bristled with spines. In ... Rare Fossil Teeth from China Overturn Long-held Views about Evolution of Vertebrates 　　An international team of researchers has discovered 439-million-year-old remains of a toothed fish that suggest the ancestors of modern osteichthyans (ray- and lobe-finned fish) and chondrichthyans (sharks and rays) originated much earlier than previously thought. 　　Related findings were published in Nature o... Fish Fossils Breathe New Life into Fin and Limb Evolutionary Hypothesis 　　A trove of fossils, unearthed in rock from China dating back some 436 million years, has revealed for the first time that the mysterious galeaspids, members of an extinct clade of jawless fish, possessed paired fins. 　　The discovery, by an international team led by Prof. ZHU Min from the Institute of Vertebra... Dawn of Fishes—Early Silurian Jawed Vertebrates Revealed Head to Tail 　　A newly discovered fossil "treasure hoard" dating back some 436 million years to the early Silurian period reveals, for the first time, the complete body shape and form of some of the first jawed fishes. 　　The discovery was published in Nature on Sept. 28 by an international team led by Prof. ZHU Min from the... The Rise of Fishes illuminated by discovery of fossil "treasure hoard" Five early Silurian fishes from China rewrite the evolutionary... 　　Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have recently discovered two fossil repositories in the early Silurian strata in southwestern Chongqing and Guizhou, which are rewriting the evolutionary story of "from fish to human". 　　Th... Chinese Fossil Eggs Show Dinosaur Decline Before Extinction 　　Nearly 66 million years ago, a large asteroid hit Earth and contributed to the global extinction of dinosaurs, leaving birds as their only living descendants. 　　Scientists know that a wide variety of dinosaurs lived around the world at the end of the Cretaceous period just before their extinction. However, sc...   32 Page(s)   12345NextFinal

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