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【EurekAlert】New evidence proves saccorhytus is ecdysozoan
An international research team led by Dr. ZHANG Huaqiao from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) has used hundreds of new fossil specimens to clarify the anatomy and evolutionary affinity of Saccorhytus, originally thought to be a deutero... |
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【Xinhua】Researchers discover earliest brood care in insects
BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have traced the earliest brood care among insects dating back to the Middle-Late Jurassic period, according to a recent research article published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
The founding pushed back the evidence of insec... |
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【EurekAlert】Feathery insulation helped dinosaurs survive and thrive: Study
The so-called Triassic-Jurassic Extinction (~202 million years ago) killed off the big reptiles that up until then had ruled the planet, thus clearing the way for dinosaurs to take over. But why did dinosaurs thrive when other creatures died?
Now a new study led by researchers from the Nanjin... |
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【EurekAlert】Study reveals yunnanozoans as the oldest known stem vertebrates
Scientists have long puzzled over the gap in the fossil record that would explain the evolution of invertebrates to vertebrates. Vertebrates, including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and humans, share unique features, such as a backbone and a skull. Invertebrates are animals withou... |
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