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Oldest Known Fossil Primate Skeleton Found From the Eocene of Hubei, China |
An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of the world’s oldest known fossil primate skeleton representing a previously unknown genus and species named Archicebus achilles. The fossil was unearthed from an ancient lake bed in central China’s Hubei Province, near the course of the modern Yang... |
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A New Oviraptorid Dinosaur Found from the Upper Cretaceous of Nei Mongol, China |
Dr. XU Xing, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his team recently carried out several expeditions to Bayan Mandahu, Linhe, Nei Mongol, China, and have unearthed multiple dinosaur, mammal, and lizard specimens. In a paper published in the journal of Ver... |
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Systematic Position of Archaeopteryx Challenged? |
Archaeopteryx has been considered the most primitive and earliest known bird ever since its discovery, and has been placed at the base of Avialae in nearly all numerical phylogenetic analyses. In 2011, a parsimony-based phylogenetic study incorporating information of a new Archaeopteryx-like theropod, Xiaotingia zhe... |
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New Homonin Site Found in Daoxian County, Hunan Province of China |
A joint team from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and Office for Cultural Relics Administration of Daoxian County, unearthed five hominin teeth and a large number of mammalian fossils from the Fuyan Cave sit... |
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