For the first time, scientists have successfully recovered ancient proteins from six Homo erectus teeth discovered in China, dating back approximately 400,000 years. This breakthrough, led by Qiaom...
Darwin was once puzzled: why do animal fossils suddenly appear in great abundance in Cambrian strata, while their ancestors are almost nowhere to be found in older rocks? For over a century, this m...
A stunning fossil discovery has pushed the origins of chelicerates, the group that includes spiders, scorpions and horseshoe crabs, back to the Cambrian period, confirming that these clawed predato...
In Huayuan County, Hunan Province, China, a chance event during the construction of a farm road has unlocked Earth’s life secrets buried for 512 million years. The “Huayuan Biota,” discovered by...
A fossilized jawbone discovered in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression has been identified as belonging to the robust hominin genus Paranthropus, marking the first time this distinct human relative has bee...
In a stunning twist to our understanding of evolutionary history, an international team of scientists has revealed that the earliest known vertebrates possessed not two, but four image-forming eyes...
05-14 / 2026Research Highlight: Enamel Proteins Reveal New Clues about China's Ancient "Peking Man"For the first time, scientists have successfully recovered ancient proteins from six Homo erectus teeth discovered in China, dating back approximately 400,000 years. This breakthrough, led by Qiaom...
04-04 / 2026Research Highlight - Fossil Treasure Provides Key Evidence to Crack Darwin's DilemmaDarwin was once puzzled: why do animal fossils suddenly appear in great abundance in Cambrian strata, while their ancestors are almost nowhere to be found in older rocks? For over a century, this m...
04-02 / 2026Research Highlight - Fossil Discovery Rewrites Origin of Spiders and ScorpionsA stunning fossil discovery has pushed the origins of chelicerates, the group that includes spiders, scorpions and horseshoe crabs, back to the Cambrian period, confirming that these clawed predato...
01-29 / 2026Research Highlight - Newly Discovered Cambrian “Huayuan Biota” Reveals Life’s Miracle After Mass ExtinctionIn Huayuan County, Hunan Province, China, a chance event during the construction of a farm road has unlocked Earth’s life secrets buried for 512 million years. The “Huayuan Biota,” discovered by...
01-28 / 2026Research Highlight - First Paranthropus Fossil Discovered in Ethiopia’s Afar Region, Revealing Early Hominin DiversityA fossilized jawbone discovered in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression has been identified as belonging to the robust hominin genus Paranthropus, marking the first time this distinct human relative has bee...
01-28 / 2026Research Highlight - Early Vertebrates Had Four EyesIn a stunning twist to our understanding of evolutionary history, an international team of scientists has revealed that the earliest known vertebrates possessed not two, but four image-forming eyes...