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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

Wang Min, a researcher with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), works at his office at IVPP in Beijing, capital of China, on February 10, 2025. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature, on February 11, 2025, in B

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

Wang Min (R), a researcher with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Zhou Zhonghe, an academician of CAS, discuss on possible directions in future research efforts on the fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis at an office of IVPP in Beijing, capital of China, on February 10, 2025. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropo

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

Some members of the research team of fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis pose for a group photo at the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS) in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on February 11, 2025. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the FIGS, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature, on February 11, 2025,in Beijing, China. Photo by Jiang Kehong/X

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

Wang Min (R), a researcher with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Chen Runsheng, a professor-level senior engineer of Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS), check a replica of fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis, at the FIGS in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on February 11, 2025. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleont

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

Wang Min, a researcher with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), checks the sample of fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis at his office at IVPP in Beijing, capital of China, on February 10, 2025. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey, was published in the latest i

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

Wang Min, a researcher with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), checks the sample of fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis at his office at IVPP in Beijing, capital of China, on February 10, 2025. The finger of his left hand points to the pygostyle fossil. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the FIGS, wa

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

File photo taken on November 5, 2023 shows researchers of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS) posing for a group photo at a field survey and excavation site in Zhenghe County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the FIGS, w

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

File drone photo taken on November 9, 2024 shows a field survey and excavation site in Zhenghe County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature, on February 11, 2025,in Beijing, China. Photo by Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Han

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

File photo taken on October 21, 2023 shows researchers of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and of the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS) working at a field survey and excavation site in Zhenghe County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the FIGS, was publish

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

Chen Runsheng, a professor-level senior engineer of Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS), explains on a restored image of the fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis at the FIGS in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on February 11, 2025. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the FIGS, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature, on February 11, 2025,in Beiji

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

Chen Runsheng, a professor-level senior engineer of Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS), checks a sample under microscope at a laboratory of FIGS, in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on February 11, 2025. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the FIGS, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature, on February 11, 2025,in Beijing, China. Photo by Jiang Keh

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

This combo photo shows an image of the fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis (above) and a skeleton diagram. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey, was published in the latest issue of the journal Nature, on February 11, 2025,in Beijing, China. Photo by Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.C

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

File photo taken on October 22, 2023 show Wang Min (R), a researcher with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), checking a sample at a field survey and excavation site in Zhenghe County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey, was pub

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The Oldest Short-Tailed Bird Fossil Discovered - China

Wang Min (L), a researcher with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Chen Runsheng, a professor-level senior engineer of Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (FIGS), poses for a photo at the FIGS, in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, on February 11, 2025. Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might have originated earlier than previously thought. The fossilized bird Baminornis zhenghensis was discovered in Zhenghe County, Fujian Province. Its short tail ends in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature uniquely present in modern birds. This indicates that the body structure of modern birds emerged in the Late Jurassic Period, 20 million years earlier than previously known. The study, conducted by researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and t

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Torrential Rains Prompt Evacuations In East China

An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2024 shows an area affected by torrential rains in Tieshan Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Torrential Rains Prompt Evacuations In East China

An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2024 shows an area affected by torrential rains in Tieshan Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Torrential Rains Prompt Evacuations In East China

Rescuers work at a flooded street in Dongping Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 16, 2024. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Torrential Rains Prompt Evacuations In East China

An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2024 shows a flooded area in Dongping Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-FUJIAN-RAIN (CN)

(240616) -- NANPING, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2024 shows an area affected by torrential rains in Tieshan Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. (Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-FUJIAN-RAIN (CN)

(240616) -- NANPING, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2024 shows a flooded area in Dongping Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. (Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-FUJIAN-RAIN (CN)

(240616) -- NANPING, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2024 shows an area affected by torrential rains in Tieshan Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. (Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-FUJIAN-RAIN (CN)

(240616) -- NANPING, June 16, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers work at a flooded street in Dongping Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 16, 2024. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. (Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-FUJIAN-RAIN (CN)

(240616) -- NANPING, June 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2024 shows an area affected by torrential rains in Tieshan Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. (Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-RAIN (CN)

(240616) -- NANPING, June 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2024 shows an area affected by torrential rains in Tieshan Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. (Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-RAIN (CN)

(240616) -- NANPING, June 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 16, 2024 shows a flooded area in Dongping Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. (Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-RAIN (CN)

(240616) -- NANPING, June 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at a flooded street in Dongping Township of Zhenghe County, Nanping City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 16, 2024. Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 36,000 people in southeast China's Fujian Province, the provincial flood control office said Sunday. Days of heavy rains have wreaked havoc in many parts of Fujian, which has declared emergency response to rainstorms. (Photo by Huang Jiemin/Xinhua)

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Containers at Taicang Zhenghe International Termina

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 25, 2023 - (FILE) Containers are seen at Taicang Zhenghe International Terminal in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 25, 2023.

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Container Trucks at Taicang Zhenghe International Ter

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - (FILE) Rows of container truck wait to be loaded and unloaded by a crane at a dock in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 10, 2023?.

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Driverless container trucks at Taicang Zhenghe International Terminal in Suzhou

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 10, 2023 - (FILE) Driverless container trucks are seen at Taicang Zhenghe International Terminal in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 10, 2023?.

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Zhenghe International Wharf

SUZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 17, 2022 - (FILE) In Taicang Port Taicang Zhenghe International Wharf, on the yard of the wharf, there is a row of multi-functional energy-saving lamp towers on the right, and rows of wheel cranes in the distance. In the middle is a pickup truck carrying containers moving forward, August 17, 2023?, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.

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