PalaeoNews No 14 for 2024(PDF)

The 9th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods, Amber was held in Xi’an

The 6th International Conference of Palaeogeography was held in Nanjing

The "Permian vegetation of the Wuda Fossil Site" led by NIGPAS was designated and included in the list of the Second 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites

Early Evolution of cicadas revealed by new fossils and analyses (Nature Communications)

Fossils from North China Indicate Eukaryotes First Acquired Multicellularity by At Least 1.63 Billion Years Ago (Science Advances)

Fossil Discovery Reveals Early Evolution of Sponges (Nature)

Researchers Advance Ideas on Abiotic Organic Synthesis (PNAS)

Ancient Giant Cicadas Reveal An Aerial Evolutionary Arms Race (Science Advances)

Simulated Experiments Reveal Potential Role of Iron Sulfides in Origin of Life in Early Earth’s Terrestrial Hot Springs (Nature Communications)

NIGPAS signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for scientific collaborations

The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Univerisity of Birmingham visited NIGPAS

The Director of the Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IPal, PAS) visited NIGPAS

Scientists from NIGPAS carried out fieldwork

CHEN Jitao was awarded the 2024 International Sun Shu Prize