Fascination with dinosaur fossils roars to life in Hong Kong

4 weeks ago

Fossils attest to sea creatures' evolutionary boom during Cambrian period

Visitors at the Miraculous Life in the Ancient Oceans: Exhibition of Premium Fossils from the Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, held at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing. WANG QIAN/CHINA DAILY At the ongoing exhibition, Miraculous Life in the Ancient Oceans: Exhibition of Premium Fossils from the Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing, visitors …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chinese scientists ID new species of dinosaur

China Daily

A photo and an outline drawing of a fossilized dinosaur skeleton of Xingxiulong yueorum initially discovered in Lufeng city, Yunnan province. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES KUNMING — Chinese scientists have identified a new species of Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaur, named Xingxiulong yueorum, based on a fossilized skeleton discovered in the country's southwestern Yunnan province. Scientists believe the creature belongs to …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chinese scientists ID new species of dinosaur

China Daily

A photo and an outline drawing of a fossilized dinosaur skeleton of Xingxiulong yueorum initially discovered in Lufeng city, Yunnan province. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES KUNMING — Chinese scientists have identified a new species of Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaur, named Xingxiulong yueorum, based on a fossilized skeleton discovered in the country's southwestern Yunnan province. Scientists believe the creature belongs to …

Chinese Xingxiulong

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chinese scientists ID new species of dinosaur

China Daily

China Daily | Updated: 2025-02-17 09:00 A photo and an outline drawing of a fossilized dinosaur skeleton of Xingxiulong yueorum initially discovered in Lufeng city, Yunnan province. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES KUNMING — Chinese scientists have identified a new species of Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaur, named Xingxiulong yueorum, based on a fossilized skeleton discovered in the country's southwestern Yunnan province. …

Chinese Xingxiulong

1 month, 3 weeks ago

China's Jurassic fossil discovery sheds light on bird origins

China Daily

A joint survey team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey discovered fossils of Baminornis zhenghensis in Zhenghe county, Fujian province. Groundbreaking discovery in East China's Fujian province reveals the oldest confirmed bird fossil from the Jurassic period. A research team led by professor Wang Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Rare fossil of flying dinosaur reveals 76-million-year-old crocodile-like bite

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The bite occurred some 76 million years ago “We can’t say if the pterosaur was …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. However, while it is plausible the remains studied by Bae and Wu may represent a previously unrecognized type of ancient human, Ni said in his view the coauthors hadn’t yet put forward enough information to officially classify Homo juluensis as a newly discovered species — a process that involves lengthy analysis and …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

National history museum decks hall with dinos

China Daily

After a four-month renovation, the hall for ancient reptiles reopened on Tuesday at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing with The Rise of Vertebrates, a permanent exhibition tracing the origins of vertebrates and their journey from water to land, sea and air. At The Rise of Vertebrates, an ongoing exhibition at the Natural History Museum of China in …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

National history museum decks hall with dinos

China Daily

After a four-month renovation, the hall for ancient reptiles reopened on Tuesday at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing with The Rise of Vertebrates, a permanent exhibition tracing the origins of vertebrates and their journey from water to land, sea and air. At The Rise of Vertebrates, an ongoing exhibition at the Natural History Museum of China in …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

National history museum decks hall with dinos

China Daily

The opening section, Arising from the Ocean, demonstrates how vertebrates originated as ocean-dwelling creatures and includes two Haikouichthys fossils found in Kunming, Yunnan province. The species is often heralded as one of the earliest-known vertebrates, living around 520 million years ago during the Early Cambrian period. Over time, certain bony fish developed anatomical structures suited for life on land, ultimately …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

National history museum decks hall with dinos

China Daily

After a four-month renovation, the hall for ancient reptiles reopened on Tuesday at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing with The Rise of Vertebrates, a permanent exhibition tracing the origins of vertebrates and their journey from water to land, sea and air. At The Rise of Vertebrates, an ongoing exhibition at the Natural History Museum of China in …

Museum Decks

Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’ discovered as hundreds of footprints found in quarry

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers have discovered nearly 200 dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years, changing what we …

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3 months, 1 week ago

China unveils facial recovery of ancient human skulls

China Daily

The restored statues of a pair of fossil human skulls, dating back to one million years ago, are unveiled by the Hubei Provincial Museum in central China on Dec 26, 2024. WUHAN -- The restored statues of a pair of fossil human skulls, dating back to one million years ago, were unveiled by the Hubei Provincial Museum in central China …

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3 months, 1 week ago

China unveils facial recovery of ancient human skulls

China Daily

The restored statues of a pair of fossil human skulls, dating back to one million years ago, are unveiled by the Hubei Provincial Museum in central China on Dec 26, 2024. WUHAN -- The restored statues of a pair of fossil human skulls, dating back to one million years ago, were unveiled by the Hubei Provincial Museum in central China …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

New genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur identified in China's Yunnan

China Daily

KUNMING -- A dinosaur fossil specimen discovered in 2007 in Southwest China's Yunnan province has been identified as a new genus of early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur — Lishulong wangi. According to Wang Tao, director of the dinosaur fossil conservation and research center of Lufeng's natural resources bureau, rainwater washed away the posterior portion of the specimen during excavation. Lishulong wangi …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

New genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur identified in China's Yunnan

China Daily

KUNMING -- A dinosaur fossil specimen discovered in 2007 in Southwest China's Yunnan province has been identified as a new genus of early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur — Lishulong wangi. According to Wang Tao, director of the dinosaur fossil conservation and research center of Lufeng's natural resources bureau, rainwater washed away the posterior portion of the specimen during excavation. Lishulong wangi …

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Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

This photo taken on Dec 6, 2024 shows human skull fossil fragments displayed at the exhibition hall of Hualongdong site in Dongzhi county of Chizhou city, East China's Anhui province. HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

This photo taken on Dec 6, 2024 shows human skull fossil fragments displayed at the exhibition hall of Hualongdong site in Dongzhi county of Chizhou city, East China's Anhui province. HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to …

Evolution Modern Site Human Fossils Modern Humans Homo Sapiens

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Decades of bilateral fossil study unearths discoveries

China Daily

Paleontologists from China and Brazil inspect a pterosaur fossil site in Hami, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in 2017. Since 1997, Wang Xiaolin and his team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered numerous pterosaur fossils in the western part of Liaoning province, dating back around 125 to 120 million years ago …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Across China: Well-preserved ankylosaur fossil identified as new dinosaur species

China Daily

KUNMING -- A Late Cretaceous dinosaur specimen unearthed almost four decades ago in East China's Jiangxi province has recently been identified as a new species of ankylosaur named Huaxiazhoulong shouwen. "The discovery of Huaxiazhoulong shouwen adds to the diversity of species of ankylosaurs which existed in Late Cretaceous southeast China," according to Xu Xing, the research team leader and academician …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Decades of bilateral fossil study unearths discoveries

China Daily

Paleontologists from China and Brazil inspect a pterosaur fossil site in Hami, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in 2017. Since 1997, Wang Xiaolin and his team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered numerous pterosaur fossils in the western part of Liaoning province, dating back around 125 to 120 million years ago …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Fossil tracks unearthed in South Korea reveals new ways dinosaurs used wings

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists uncovered strange fossil footprints of a tiny bird-sized feathered dinosaur …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Cave fossils reveal how early humans colonised Southeast Asia

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Previous excavations had found human fossils deposited in the cave dating between 86,000 and 30,000 …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Natural History Museum opens new urban gardens complete with bronze dinosaur

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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Natural History Museum is set to open a major green space in central London …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

New species unearthed on island reveals more about dinosaurs that roamed Britain

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Evidence from fossil footprints found nearby shows it was likely to be a herding animal, …

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9 months ago

Expert shares egg-citement of dinosaur discoveries

China Daily

Zhao Bi blows the dust off dinosaur egg fossils at the Qinglong Mountain Dinosaur Egg Fossil Site Museum in Shiyan, Hubei province, on May 15. After years of studying dinosaurs and restoring dinosaur egg fossils at the Hubei Qinglong Mountain Dinosaur Egg Fossil Site Museum in Shiyan, Hubei province, Zhao has become an expert in some of the mysteries of …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong

China Daily

Artifacts from Shandong province are on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center. WANG SHEN/XINHUA Around 200 pieces of artifacts from East China's Shandong province are on display for the first time in Hong Kong from May 28. Through a parallel display of major archaeological discoveries made in Hong Kong and Shandong, respectively, dating to three historical periods, the …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong

China Daily

Artifacts from Shandong province are on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center. WANG SHEN/XINHUA Around 200 pieces of artifacts from East China's Shandong province are on display for the first time in Hong Kong from May 28. Through a parallel display of major archaeological discoveries made in Hong Kong and Shandong, respectively, dating to three historical periods, the …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong

China Daily

Artifacts from Shandong province are on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center. WANG SHEN/XINHUA Around 200 pieces of artifacts from East China's Shandong province are on display for the first time in Hong Kong from May 28. Through a parallel display of major archaeological discoveries made in Hong Kong and Shandong, respectively, dating to three historical periods, the …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong

China Daily

Artifacts from Shandong province are on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center. WANG SHEN/XINHUA Around 200 pieces of artifacts from East China's Shandong province are on display for the first time in Hong Kong from May 28. Through a parallel display of major archaeological discoveries made in Hong Kong and Shandong, respectively, dating to three historical periods, the …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Fossil restorer puts back pieces of the past

China Daily

Niu Dongyi repairs a reptile fossil at the Wuhan Center of the China Geological Survey in Wuhan, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY Niu Dongyi has been a fossil restorer for 12 years, and in that time he's pieced back together more than 80 fossils of marine reptiles from the Triassic Period — a time about 200 million years ago. Niu said …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Giant fossil footprints lead to megaraptor dinosaur discovery in China

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fossil foot tracks uncovered in southeastern China have led to the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Palaeontologists unveil 240-million-year-old reptile likened to Chinese dragon

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A long-necked 240-million-year-old marine reptile compared to a Chinese dragon has …

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1 year, 3 months ago

HK exhibition shows shared culture

China Daily

The exhibition features invaluable items and a shrine considered as a national treasure. CALVIN NG/CHINA DAILY Bernadette Linn Hon-ho, secretary for development, says this exhibition is an important project jointly conceived, planned, and promoted by the Development Bureau and the National Cultural Heritage Administration, bringing together cultural resources from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. She adds that it is …

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1 year, 3 months ago

HK exhibition shows shared culture

China Daily

The exhibition features invaluable items and a shrine considered as a national treasure. CALVIN NG/CHINA DAILY Bernadette Linn Hon-ho, secretary for development, says this exhibition is an important project jointly conceived, planned, and promoted by the Development Bureau and the National Cultural Heritage Administration, bringing together cultural resources from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. She adds that it is …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Exhibition casts light on link between past and present

China Daily

Liaoningotitan sinensis is an extinct genus of the titanosaur sauropod dinosaur that lived in Liaoning province during the Early Cretaceous period. CHINA DAILY About 130 million to 110 million years ago, a vast region — covering today's western Liaoning province, southern Inner Mongolia autonomous region and northern Hebei province — had a warm climate and a landscape of lakes and …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Exhibition casts light on link between past and present

China Daily

Liaoningotitan sinensis is an extinct genus of the titanosaur sauropod dinosaur that lived in Liaoning province during the Early Cretaceous period. CHINA DAILY About 130 million to 110 million years ago, a vast region — covering today's western Liaoning province, southern Inner Mongolia autonomous region and northern Hebei province — had a warm climate and a landscape of lakes and …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Exhibition unveils strange creatures of Triassic period

China Daily

Loong Diving in the Ocean — The Ancient Ocean in Triassic Guizhou, an ongoing exhibition at the National Natural History Museum of China in Beijing, displays 50 fossils of marine reptiles from the Geological Museum of Guizhou. A fascinating glimpse into how marine reptiles ruled the seas during the Triassic period is the focus of an exhibition making a splash …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Exhibition unveils strange creatures of Triassic period

China Daily

Loong Diving in the Ocean — The Ancient Ocean in Triassic Guizhou, an ongoing exhibition at the National Natural History Museum of China in Beijing, displays 50 fossils of marine reptiles from the Geological Museum of Guizhou. A fascinating glimpse into how marine reptiles ruled the seas during the Triassic period is the focus of an exhibition making a splash …

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