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Paleolithic Bone Tools Found from South China |
The production of formal bone tools, defined as artefacts that were cut, carved, polished or otherwise modified to produce fully shaped points, awls, harpoons and wedges, appears relatively late in human history, and is only recorded at a handful of African sites prior to 45000 years ago. Early instances of bon... |
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The Altai Neanderthal Shows Gene Flow from Early Modern Humans |
Using several genetic analytical methods, an international research team has identified an interbreeding event between the Neanderthals and modern humans that occurred about 100,000 years ago, which is tens of thousands of years earlier than that is currently known. Dr. FU Qiaomei, from Institute of Vertebrate ... |
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New basal ornithuromorph bird found in China |
A new species of Early Cretaceous bird was reported on January 6th in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society by Min Wang, Zhonghe Zhou and Shuang Zhou from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. The new discovery provides new information regarding ... |
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New Enantiornithine Bird with an Aerodynamic Tail Found in China |
A new species of Mesozoic bird was published on December 31 in Current Biology by a collaboration of scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature, providing strong evidence that enantiornithines posses... |
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Well-Preserved Homo Erectus Skull Discovered in Eastern China |
Scientists have discovered a “well-preserved” Homo erectus skull, teeth and other skull bones at the Hualongdong archaeological site in Zhongzhi County of Anhui Province, eastern China, as announced in a news conference on November 20 in Anhui Province.
“The skull was estimated to be between 150,000 and ... |
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