Doing research on the colours of ancient animals can be a game of waiting and luck, according to D'Alba. The paper relied on six fossil specimens found in China, which has a few areas of the ...
Fossils of many other animals — including dinosaurs, birds, mammals and insects — have been found in the Jehol Biota, suggesting a complex food web. Larger mammals and dinosaurs may have preyed upon J ...
How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.