Prehistoric snake fossils discovered in China's Guangxi

STORY: Prehistoric snake fossils discovered in China's Guangxi DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the discoveries 2. various of the published article 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG QINGPING, Research fellow with Guangxi Institute of Conservation and Archaeology Research STORYLINE: Snake skeleton bones dating back to 6,000 years ago have been discovered in the Zuojiang basin in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Chinese researchers recently published their findings in the journal Historical Biology. 　　 From 2013 to 2015, a team led by Yang Qingping, a research fellow with the Guangxi Institute of Conservation and Archaeology Research, carried out excavations in the Zuojiang basin, and found several Neolithic sites. After analyzing the snake remains found in the Baojianshan site and Dawan site, researchers found that the fossil relics belonged to the python, king cobra and elaphe moellendorffi species. After measuring t

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(220203) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearers Dong Qingping (L) and Fan Aibao attend the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at Desheng Village in Zhangbei County of Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhao Hongyu)

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(BEIJING 2022) CHINA-HEBEI-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(220203) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearers Ding Hui (L) and Dong Qingping attend the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at Desheng Village in Zhangbei County of Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhao Hongyu)

(BEIJING 2022) CHINA-HEBEI-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(BEIJING 2022) CHINA-HEBEI-ZHANGJIAKOU-OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY (CN)

(220203) -- ZHANGJIAKOU, Feb. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Torch bearer Dong Qingping runs with the torch during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay at Desheng Village in Zhangbei County of Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhao Hongyu)