The ancient skeleton known as “Little Foot” has long been a celebrity in paleoanthropology, but a new wave of research is pushing it into even more provocative territory. Instead of fitting neatly ...
When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...
A research team led by Prof. Zhu Min—a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and affiliated with the CAS Institute ...
The newly identified fossil is significant because it provides a long-sought morphological link between the earliest known ...
A portion of the city wall that once surrounded the core area of the Shimao site is seen in the picture. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY A 13-year study of DNA samples collected from the 4,000-year-old Shimao ...