Fossils

Geographical distribution and evolution of Tibetan climbing perch

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, vast and towering, is known as the "Roof of the World." Its formation was caused b...

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2026-01-12
Geographical distribution and evolution of Tibetan climbing perch

The oldest jawed animal teeth fossil recently discovered in Chongqing provides evidence of the evolution from fish to humans.

Ancient fish, living 436 million years ago, swam gracefully in the ancient ocean—a scene reconstructed by Chinese resea...

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2026-01-12
The oldest jawed animal teeth fossil recently discovered in Chongqing provides evidence of the evolution from fish to humans.

What are fossils? What are the uses of fossils?

In layman's terms, fossils are the remains or traces of creatures that lived in the distant past that turned into s...

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2026-01-12
What are fossils? What are the uses of fossils?

Five types of molded fossils

Paleontologists call the imprints and replicas of ancient biological remains left in rock strata or surrounding rocks m...

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2026-01-12
Five types of molded fossils

The earliest burrowing and arboreal mammals

Chinese and American researchers said on the 12th that two fossils discovered in northern China show that in the Jurass...

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2026-01-12
The earliest burrowing and arboreal mammals

Paleontologists discover fossils of a mass stranding of marine mammals

Mass strandings of marine mammals have occurred for millions of years, but their origins are explained in various ways....

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2026-01-12
Paleontologists discover fossils of a mass stranding of marine mammals