The second 973 project in palaeontology in China “Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity Changes in the Geological History of China” successfully passed the acceptance check of experts in Beijing from September 25 to 26.
The special issue jointly launched to comprehensively reflect the research findings of 973 Project on Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences (Vol. 40 (9)) co-organized by professor Shen Shuzhong from Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), and professor Zhou Zhonghe from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS has been formally published. This special issue selects 17 papers written by members of the project team, all of which are representative achievements of each research subject in 973 Project. The Researchcovered ages from Proterozoic era closely related to origin of life to late Pleistocene related to origin of modern human, which mainly discuss subjects such as the origin of early biological lingage, Cambrian life explosion and its paleoecology, system comparison of a series of important biological, geological, and environmental events during two key transitional periods, i.e. Neoproterozoic-Cambrian and Paleozoic-Mesozoic transitions, diversity and spatial-temporal distribution of life in Ordovician period, diversity of plants in the Paleozoic Era in South China, evolution of important vertebrate groups, coevolution of life and environment in the Late Paleozoic, Jehol Biota, Cenozoic mammals, and human origin. Its English version will be published in November.
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