The well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl is shown in a new study. (Provided by the researchers)
Paleontologists have discovered the amazingly well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl that l...
BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- A study showed that the ancient relatives of modern humans in northern China may have had an "Einstein's brain" at the time they lived 200,000 to 160,000 years ago.
An internationa...
The Xujiayao site and the reconstructed skull of Xujiayao Man [Photo/Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology]
An international team led by Chinese paleoanthropologists recently discover...
Chinese paleontologists announced the discovery of a new dinosaur with a unique butterfly-shaped neural arch of the anteriormost dorsal vertebrae, which makes it distinguishable from other troodontids.
The res...
3D reconstruction of the fossil teeth of Yuomys robustus (Photo/Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology)
Chinese scientists have discovered ancient fossils in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui a...
(Photo/Courtesy of Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology)
Chinese palaeontologists, together with a team from Brazil, have discovered two new dinosaur sp...
LANZHOU-Researchers confirmed recently that a previously unknown species of giant rhino lived in the region of today's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau some 26.5 million years ago, providing insight into the evolution of bot...
The 26.5-million-year-old giant rhino Paraceratherium linxiaensewas discovered in Gansu province recently. (Provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
A 26.5-million-year-old giant rhino was discovered in Gansu province r...
Archaeologists work on the site in Lufeng, Yunnan Province. (Photo/China News Service)
(ECNS) -- A 1.7-meter-long dinosaur larva fossil not belonging to any known genus has been unearthed from the Early J...
The well-preserved fossil specimen of a new colobodontid, Feroxichthys panzhouensis sp. nov., is presented by Xu Guanghui, a researcher from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Ch...