Tracing the origin and early radiation of birds—Paleornithologist ZHOU Zhonghe  

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2008年第1期43-46,共4页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：With great care,Dr.ZHOU Zhonghe takes out a package wrapped by cotton tissue from a drawer and says:'This is the gem of our collections:the fossil of a bird that lived 125 million years ago!'Then,pointing at a tiny mound, he explains:'Look,this is the claw and that is the head.It was in the egg shell and ready to hatch...The species fell into a family of waterside inhabitants.'With great care, Dr. ZHOU Zhonghe takes out a package wrapped by cotton tissue from a drawer and says： “This is the gem of our collections： the fossil of a bird that lived 125 million years ago!” Then, pointing at a tiny mound, he explains： “Look, this is the claw and that is the head. It was in the egg shell and ready to hatch ... The species fell into a family of waterside inhabitants.”

关 键 词：周忠和 鸟类研究 科学家 研究成果 

分 类 号：Q951[生物学—动物学]