A team led by Dr Fu Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, spent nine years sequencing and analyzing the genomes of 127 ancient ...

The researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences unearthed the fossil from a cave at the Hualongdong site in East ...

An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat ...

Deep in the Rising Star Cave system lies a mystery of paleoanthropology.

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs to this group, after examining preserved DNA and proteins ...

In these decades, one of the most intriguing puzzles in paleoanthropology has been the Harbin skull known as “Dragon Man.” Discovered almost a century ago from the depths of a Chinese well, the large, ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

Discussion on decolonizing paleoanthropology and the current western-centric focus of the field of study. The Book Haul bringing a mobile bookstore to West Valley. Avian flu affecting Hickman’s ...

The calcitic layers of the eggshells of archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds) and turtles are composed of distinctive crystalline structures known as eggshell units. Those growing from the ...

A study of more than 100 genomes from people who lived in ancient China has unmasked a "ghost" in their midst.

This is a well-written important paper on the recovery of fauna and flora following the end-Permian extinction event in several continental sites in northern China. The convincing conclusion, a rapid ...