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【Global Time】New fossil discovery reveals how ‘setae’ shaped seabed communities 436 million years agoChinese scientists' latest findings in ancient seabed community illustrate a biological mechanism capable of shaping community structure, operating beyond passive environmental constraints or initial larval settlement preferences, and highlight the potential for subtle anatomical features to exert significant ecological influence in deep time, according to a research article published on Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), a leading scientific journal in the world.2025-07-24 -
【Science.ado】Tiny fossils upend timeline of multicellular lifeEukaryotes organized into multicellular forms 1.6 billion years ago2024-01-29 -
【Xinhua】Oldest fossils of multicellular eukaryotes found in north ChinaBEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists have discovered a batch of fossils of multicellular eukaryotes that date back to 1.63 billion years ago, setting the world's oldest record of such fossils.2024-01-29 -
【EurekAlert】North China fossils show eukaryotes first acquired multicellularity 1.63 billion years agoIn a study published in Science Advances on Jan. 24, researchers led by Prof. ZHU Maoyan from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported their recent discovery of 1.63-billion-year-old multicellular fossils from North China.2024-01-25 -
【xinhua】Ancient Cicadas Were Quieter InsectsA new study has shown that cicadas about 100 million years ago had yet to learn to produce the iconic buzzing sound that now characterizes summer days.2024-01-18 -
【Xinhua】Fossil Suggests Ancient Male Mosquitoes Likely Suck BloodAn international team of scientists said a fossil dating back to about 130 million years ago suggests male mosquitoes likely sucked blood in ancient times.2023-12-12 -
【Science】Oldest known mosquito fossils show males, too, once sucked bloodResearchers found these ancient bloodsuckers entombed in amber, which had been collected 15 years ago in central Lebanon. They represent the oldest known mosquito fossils yet found.2023-12-06 -
【EurekAlert】Early Cambrian microfossils preserve introvert musculature of cycloneuraliansAn international research team led by Prof. ZHANG Huaqiao from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) has reported the discovery of extraordinary early Cambrian (ca. 535 million years ago, or Ma) microfossils preserving the introvert musculature of cycloneuralians, a group of animals that include roundworms, horsehair worms, mud dragons, and many other creatures.2023-10-11 -
【Scientific Inquirer】Conversations With PANG Ke: Unraveling the Mysteries of Horodyskia and How Ancient Macrofossils Shed Light on Early Eukaryotic EvolutionThe findings link the Mesoproterozoic Horodyskia moniliformis with Ediacaran Horodyskia minor specimens, reinforcing their biogenicity and suggesting they represent a colonial giant-celled protist, possibly a coenocytic alga. This reveals an ancient and stable macrofossil taxon and shows coenocytic and colonial body plans dating back at least 1.48 billion years. PANG Ke set aside some time to discuss the group’s findings with SCINQ.2023-06-19 -
【Xinhua】Cute But Fierce! 450-mln-yr-old Sea Scorpion Fossils Found in ChinaResearchers from China and the United Kingdom have discovered fossils of a previously unknown eurypterid, more commonly referred to as a sea scorpion, dating back 450 million years to the Ordovician period in east China's Zhejiang Province, the earliest recorded in the country.2023-05-23