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Appears in 3 stories · Last updated Oct 25, 2026
Chinese Academy of Sciences institute whose researchers took part in the Yuezhuornis study
A crow-sized bird that lived 150 million years ago in southeastern China never flew. Its fossil, described October 14 in the journal Nature, is the earliest known flightless bird, which means flightlessness appeared almost as soon as birds did.
Updated Oct 25
As of October 2026: Lead institution on the Austronaga minuta study
A 245-million-year-old marine reptile fossil from southern China is so well preserved that its stomach, liver, and intestines survive intact. It is the oldest complete digestive system ever found in a reptile.
Updated Oct 2
As of September 2026: Lead institution in the study
Six 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth from China have yielded the oldest hominin proteins ever recovered in East Asia. The proteins carry two mutations that tie these ancient humans to a single evolutionary lineage, and one of them also appears in Denisovans, an archaic human group that interbred with modern humans.
Updated Sep 11
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