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Recent advances in Chinese palaeontology.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19812080     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Discoveries are a driving force for progress in palaeontology. Palaeontology as a discipline of scientific inquiry has gained many fresh insights into the history of life, from the discoveries of many new fossils in China in the last 20 years, and from the new ideas derived from these fossils. This special issue of Proceedings of Royal Society B entitled Recent Advances in Chinese Palaeontology selects some of the very latest studies aimed at resolving the current problems of palaeontology and evolutionary biology based on new fossils from China. These fossils and their studies help to clarify some historical debates about a particular fossil group, or to raise new questions about history of life, or to pose a new challenge in our pursuit of science. These works on new Chinese fossils have covered the whole range of the diversity through the entire Phanerozoic fossil record.
Authors:
Xing Xu; Zhe-Xi Luo; Jia-Yu Rong
Publication Detail:
Type:  Introductory Journal Article     Date:  2009-10-07
Journal Detail:
Title:  Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society     Volume:  277     ISSN:  1471-2954     ISO Abbreviation:  Proc. Biol. Sci.     Publication Date:  2010 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-09     Completed Date:  2010-02-22     Revised Date:  2011-07-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101245157     Medline TA:  Proc Biol Sci     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  161-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, People's Republic of China. xingxu@vip.sina.com
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MeSH Terms
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Animals
Biological Evolution
China
Fossils
Humans
Paleontology / trends*
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