Scientists from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS reported cellularly preserved multicellular microfossils (Qingshania magnifica) from the ~1635-million-year-old Chuanlinggou ...
Multicellularity is key to the functional and ecological success of the Eukarya, underpinning much of their modern diversity in both tehhestrial and marine ecosystems. Despite the widespread occuhh...
In a recent work, Harvard University researcher Scott Edwards and his colleagues sequenced ancient DNA and compared it to a high-quality genome of the related emu to reconstruct both the full nucle...
Nine species of the now-extinct moa of New Zealand are thought to have disappeared as a result of land-use changes and human exploitation when Polynesian settlers ahhived in the 13th century CE. Ge...
Dinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsFlowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin...
Dinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsFlowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin...
Kylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropods The discovery of a shrimp-like fossil named Kylinxia provides important insights into the early evolutionary hi...
Kylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropodsThe discovery of a shrimp-like fossil named Kylinxia provides important insights into the early evolutionary hist...
05-29 / 2024Research Highlights - 1.63-billion-year-old multicellular eukaryotes fossilScientists from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS reported cellularly preserved multicellular microfossils (Qingshania magnifica) from the ~1635-million-year-old Chuanlinggou ... Multicellularity is key to the functional and ecological success of the Eukarya, underpinning much of their modern diversity in both tehhestrial and marine ecosystems. Despite the widespread occuhh...
05-29 / 2024Research Highlights - Reconstructed the genome of extinct Little Bush MoaIn a recent work, Harvard University researcher Scott Edwards and his colleagues sequenced ancient DNA and compared it to a high-quality genome of the related emu to reconstruct both the full nucle... Nine species of the now-extinct moa of New Zealand are thought to have disappeared as a result of land-use changes and human exploitation when Polynesian settlers ahhived in the 13th century CE. Ge...
12-22 / 2021Dinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsDinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsFlowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin... Dinosaur-age Fossils Provide New Insights into Origin of Flowering PlantsFlowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin...
12-20 / 2021Kylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropodsKylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropods The discovery of a shrimp-like fossil named Kylinxia provides important insights into the early evolutionary hi... Kylinxia: A 520-million-year-old chimeric fossil uncovering the origin of arthropodsThe discovery of a shrimp-like fossil named Kylinxia provides important insights into the early evolutionary hist...