In a study recently published in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Huang Yuanyuan from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Zhang Ganlin from the Institute of Soil Science of the CAS, have quantified the global store of SIC, challenging the long-held view.
A study led by Chinese scientists on Jurassic mammals has shed light on the early evolution of mammals, according to the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The study provides a complete chain of evidence for the evolution of the mammalian middle ear, a world puzzle, said Mao Fangyuan with the IVPP.
A research group led by Prof. HUANG Diying from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology has systematically studied fossil water striders from the mid-Cretaceous of northern Myanmar (about 100 million years ago) in recent years. Now they have presented the first fossil record of a group of water striders in copulation.
Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, in collaboration with scientists from Yunnan University, Germany, UK, and Myanmar, have reported an enigmatic fossil from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, dating to about 100 million years ago.
A new study from the Nihewan basin of China has revealed that hominins who possessed advanced knapping abilities equivalent to Mode 2 technological features occupied East Asia as early as 1.1 million years ago (Ma), which is 0.3 Ma earlier than the date associated with the first handaxes found in East Asia.
Qiaomei FU and E. Andrew Bennett, both of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, explored the contribution of paleogenomics to our understanding of the evolution of modern humans.
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