supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42288201&41922011);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB26000000);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.0206-14380219)。
Mammalian hair,as a key feature related to endothermy,physical protection,and camouflage,has a long geohistorical record that dates back even to the Mesozoic.However,the limited information on the taphonomy of hair hi...
supported the PLEC2021-008203 project and RYC2021-034473-I;funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033;by the European Union"NextGenerationEU"/PRTR;Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia(FCT-MCTES)of Portugal(projects PTDC/CTA-PAL/31656/2017 and PTDC/CTA-PAL/2217/2021);Research Unit GeoBioTec UIDB/04035/2020;Also,the work is part of the Carmen Nunez-Lahuerta is supported by FJC2020-044561-I-;MCIN,co-financed by the NextGeneration EU/PRTR.
The accurate identification of dinosaur egg accumulations as nests or clutches is crucial for understanding the reproductive behaviour of these extinct species.However,existing methods often rely on the presence of co...
supported by the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy,Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.223115)to Zhongwu Lan.
Taphonomy and paleoecology(biological behavior)of the Early Cretaceous fish fossils are poorly described.This study reports for the first time a detailed taphonomical and paleoecological study on Lycoptera in the Meso...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.42102127, 42172117);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No. ZR2021QD087);the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No.2021M702019);the SDUST Research Fund,Shandong University of Science and Technology (Grant No.2018TDJH101)。
The Cretaceous was a significant greenhouse period in Earth's history with higher atmospheric CO_(2) levels and temperatures than today. Although evidence of combustion has been widely described from the Cretaceous de...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.41890843 and 41920104009);the Innovation Group Project of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhuhai)(Grant No.311021003)。
Silica-phosphatic nodules are abundant in black shales of the Yanjiahe Formation in the Three Gorges Area of South China,which is correlated to the Fortunian Stage,Terreneuvian Series,Cambrian System.The nodules are r...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41771225 & 41620104007);the Primary Supports for Scientific Research of Lanzhou University (Grant Nos. LZUJBKY-2016-254, LZUJBKY-2016-279 & LZUJBKY-2018-144);China Scholarship Council
The study of prehistoric hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies on the Tibetan Plateau is important for understanding the mechanisms and processes of human adaption to high altitude environments.But to date,only a few...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41672023 & 41772025)
Hominin-animal interactions at Pleistocene archaeological sites have been the main subject of research during human evolution. However, in contrast to that of ungulates, little is known about the evidence of human pro...
Through taphonomical analyses of Crassostrea shell beds included in several Japanese Cretaceous strata, paleoecological and sedimentological significance of intertidal muddy and sandy bottom dwelling oysters are exami...
The generation of a DNA profile from skeletal remains is an important part of the identifica-tion process in both mass disaster and unidentified person cases. Since bones and teeth are often the only biological materi...
Decomposition research is still in its infancy,but significant advances have occurred within forensic anthropology and other disciplines in the past several decades.Decomposition research in forensic anthropology has ...