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Ancient fish show new face - jaw-dropping scientific discovery

Ancient fish show new face - jaw-dropping scientific discovery

On September 25, the British "Nature" magazine website published a paleoecologic···

The Origin and Early Evolution of Teleosts

The Origin and Early Evolution of Teleosts

The bony fishes are the most prosperous group among living vertebrates and are d···

Zhanghe beast fossils and restoration pictures

Zhanghe beast fossils and restoration pictures

The Zhanghetherium fossil, which dates back about 120 million years ago, is the ···

Primitive Jehol Bird Fossils and Ecological Restoration Maps

Primitive Jehol Bird Fossils and Ecological Restoration Maps

The primitive Jeholornis, which dates back to about 120 million years ago, is th···

Fossil characteristics of Confucius Birds

Fossil characteristics of Confucius Birds

Confuciusornis, which dates back about 125 million years ago, is one of the earl···

Tibetan woolly rhinoceros

Tibetan woolly rhinoceros

The 3.7 million-year-old woolly rhinoceros discovered in the high-altitude Zanda···

Fossils of Long-tailed Red River Dragon discovered in Yunnan (the longest-tailed swollen-rib dragon

Fossils of Long-tailed Red River Dragon discovered in Yunnan (the longest-tailed swollen-rib dragon

Recently, the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a new genus of marine reptile···

List of extinct animals (Inventory of Extinct Animals)

List of extinct animals (Inventory of Extinct Animals)

Different eras require animals to have different survival abilities. If you live···

Characteristics of Homo erectus

Characteristics of Homo erectus

作为能人的后代,在距今大约200万年前的非洲,直立人出现在人类进化的历史舞台上。···

What are the advantages of Homo

What are the advantages of Homo

Our current human beings are members of the genus Homo. They evolved from Homo h···

Zhoukoudian’s fire lights up the world

Zhoukoudian’s fire lights up the world

Among the relics of the Peking people discovered in Zhoukoudian, there are not o···

Zhoukoudian Stoneware

Zhoukoudian Stoneware

Although Anderson noticed as early as 1921 that there were some white bladed vei···

Mammal evolution and natural environment changes

Mammal evolution and natural environment changes

In the early 20th century, some Western scholars, based on the evolution of mamm···

Discovery of the first complete skull of Peking Man

Discovery of the first complete skull of Peking Man

The discovery of ancient human fossils in Zhoukoudian made Bu Dasheng, who was d···

The earliest representative of the genus Homo

The earliest representative of the genus Homo

The origin of the hominid family represented by Ardipithecus and Australopithecu···

earliest human fossils

earliest human fossils

We already know that the oldest groups of members of the family Hominidae known ···

Australopithecus australopithecine

Australopithecus australopithecine

While Dart and Bloom continued to discover Australopithecus in South Africa, the···

What the Beijingers discovered

What the Beijingers discovered

In China, there have been legends and myths about "dragon" for a long time. The ···

Homo erectus was first discovered on the banks of the Jiaocheng River.

Homo erectus was first discovered on the banks of the Jiaocheng River.

Influenced by the idea of evolution, especially by the German Darwinist Haeckel,···

Humankind’s understanding of its own development history

Humankind’s understanding of its own development history

Humanity's understanding of its own development history began with modern Homo s···

Are humans created by God?

Are humans created by God?

Ancient humans were very interested in their own origins and compiled a variety ···

The evolution of various human regional classifications (what is modern man)

The evolution of various human regional classifications (what is modern man)

In Africa more than 100,000 years ago, the earliest humans appeared who were ide···

Discovery of Auroantium fossils

Discovery of Auroantium fossils

Some scholars at home and abroad believe that E. sinensis is not a higher primat···

Discovery of the fossils of Eunapithecus sinensis

Discovery of the fossils of Eunapithecus sinensis

In 1985, paleoanthropologist Lin Yipu discovered some ancient mammal fossils in ···

The Origin and Characteristics of Artiodactyls

The Origin and Characteristics of Artiodactyls

In the early Eocene, a small animal called Paleoartiodactyl differentiated from ···

The Origin and Characteristics of Perissodactyls

The Origin and Characteristics of Perissodactyls

In the North American continent during the early Eocene 50 million years ago, a ···

The evolution of carnivorous mammals

The evolution of carnivorous mammals

The history of carnivores can be traced back to protozoa hundreds of millions of···

The evolution of whales (long-legged whales)

The evolution of whales (long-legged whales)

Modern whales have smooth skin and streamlined body shapes. Their huge tails cre···

The great family of true beasts after the second great outbreak

The great family of true beasts after the second great outbreak

During the period starting from the Eocene and continuing to the Oligocene, the ···

Classification of ancient mammal groups

Classification of ancient mammal groups

The earliest true beasts were insectivores (order) that appeared in the Cretaceo···

The evolution of eutherian animals

The evolution of eutherian animals

Almost at the same time as the origin of marsupials, another more progressive ma···

The development of marsupials

The development of marsupials

The only order in the subclass Metatheria is the Marsupial order. It has experie···

Platypus and monotremes

Platypus and monotremes

After experiencing the catastrophe at the end of the Mesozoic Era until modern t···

Animals that survived the mass extinction of the dinosaurs

Animals that survived the mass extinction of the dinosaurs

We already know that the tragic mass extinction of the dinosaurs marked the end ···

Ancestor types of humans and mammals

Ancestor types of humans and mammals

A large number of primitive mammal fossil skeletons discovered in the Triassic s···

Origins and Characteristics of Mammals

Origins and Characteristics of Mammals

As early as the late Triassic, when dinosaurs had just entered the evolutionary ···

Specialized characteristics of armorless amphibians

Specialized characteristics of armorless amphibians

Frogs, toads and salamanders are familiar amphibians. They are still active in p···

Introduction to shell-vertebrate amphibians

Introduction to shell-vertebrate amphibians

Most conchovertebrates are small amphibians, adapted to life in shallow water an···

The earliest amphibians on earth (labyrinths)

The earliest amphibians on earth (labyrinths)

Labyrinths are the earliest terrestrial vertebrates to appear on earth. They flo···

The origin and evolution of amphibians

The origin and evolution of amphibians

The origin of amphibians probably occurred in the late Devonian period. At that ···