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Search:  About Us Research People Cooperation News Education & Training Join Us Societies & Publications Newsletter Resources Links News Events Int'l Cooperation News Upcoming Events Seminar Related News PALAEONEWS   Location:Home > News > Related News Related News   【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 de...   【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 ...   【EurekAlert】Newly discovered Liexi Fauna reveals early stage of Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event 　　From the beginning of the Ordovician, marine life began its great radiation, which was characterized by the rapid appearance of new orders, families, and genera, together with the replacement of existing groups. 　　The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) constructed the essenti...   【Xinhua】China Focus: Feathers help dinosaurs dominate Jurassic period: study 　　BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- An international research team found that dinosaurs were born with feathers, helping them insulate from the cold and survive the mass extinction about 200 million years ago. 　　The insulated dinosaurs were well adapted to the period of volcanic activities and pl...   【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 N...   【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 w...

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