Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Progress
  • Dawn of Fishes—Early Silurian Jawed Vertebrates Revealed Head to Tail
    READ MORE >> Sep 28, 2022
  • The Rise of Fishes illuminated by discovery of fossil "treasure hoard"Five early Silurian fishes from China rewrite the evolutionary story of "from fish to human"
    READ MORE >> Sep 28, 2022
  • Chinese Fossil Eggs Show Dinosaur Decline Before Extinction
    READ MORE >> Sep 21, 2022
  • Researchers Chart Advances in Ancient DNA Technology
    READ MORE >> Jul 22, 2022
  • Decoding Human History with Ancient DNA
    This year is the 20th anniversary of sequencing the human genome. In honor of this event, a research team led by Prof. FU Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reviewed the most recent progress in the field of ancient DNA (aDNA), i.e., DNA obtained from the remains of past organisms.
    READ MORE >> Sep 24, 2021
  • First Enantiornithine with Pintail Elucidates Role of Sexual Selection in Early Bird Plumage
    READ MORE >> Sep 17, 2021