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China and South Korea Strengthen Palaeontological Collaboration under APA Framework
Apr 09, 2025
Prof. LEE Dong-chan from South Korea, Vice President of Asian Palaeontological Association (APA), and his research delegation were invited to visit the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS and APA in early April. In a meet...
APA Council Holds Online Meeting to Discuss Key Issues and Plan Future Conferences
Apr 02, 2025
The Council of the Asian Paleontological Association (APA) convened an online meeting on December 27, 2024, with 20 of its 23 members present. The session addressed critical topics such as council member confirmations, participation fee ...
Asian Palaeontological Association events in Busan 2024
Sep 11, 2024
The Asian Palaeontological Association (APA) held two significant events during IGC2024 in Busan, South Korea, in August 2024: the APA Open Session and the APA Council Symposium. These events gathered leading paleontologists and research...
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Research Highlight from Asia- New Jurassic Fossil Sheds Light on the Origins of Parasitic Thorny-Headed Worms
Apr 20, 2025
A remarkable 165-million-year-old fossil discovered in China has unveiled critical insights into the evolutionary history of acanthocephalans, a group of parasitic worms known as “thorny-headed worms.” Published in Nature, the study d...
Research Highlight from Asia - China-South Korea collaboration discovers oldest stromatoporoid sponge fossil
Apr 02, 2025
The Early Paleozoic research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with South Korean paleontologists, has discovered the oldest known stromatoporoid sponge fossil (dat...
Research Highlight from Asia - Ancient Cheese Holds Clues to Human-Microbe Evolutionary Dance
Sep 26, 2024
In a groundbreaking study published in Cell, an international team of scientists has peered into the past to reveal the intricate relationship between humans and microorganisms through the analysis of ancient cheese. This discovery not o...
Future Meetings
2027 Mar 02
The 3rd Asian Palaeontological Congress which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from the 2nd to 5th March 2027
The 3rd Asian Palaeontological Congress which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from the 2nd to 5th March 2027.
2025 Nov 25
The 4th ICPSEA will be held in Thailand from 25th to 29th November, 2025
The 4th International Conference on Palaeontology of Southeast Asia will be held in Thailand from 25th to 29th November, 2025.
2023 Nov 25
The 1st Session of the 2nd Council of the Asian Palaeontological Association and the Asian Palaeontological Young Scholars Forum November 25th-27th, 2023
The Second Asian Palaeontological Congress was successfully held in Tokyo, Japan, in August 2023, and the second council was elected. It was decided to jointly host the "The 1st Session of the 2nd Council of the Asian Palaeontological Association and the Asian Palaeontological Young Scholars Forum" by the Asian Palaeontological Association and the Palaeontological Society of China
2023 Feb 18
The 2nd Asian Palaeontological Congress (APC2) will be held in Tokyo , 2023.
The 2nd Asian Palaeontological Congress (APC2) will be held in Tokyo , 2023.
2022 Nov 14
The IPC6 will be held in Thailand in November 2022
The 6th International Paleontological Congress (IPC6) will be held in Thailand in November 2022. The congress website is at https://ipc6.msu.ac.th/scientific-sessions/.
2022 Jul 18
The ISO 19 will be held in Lyon, France, July 18th-22th, 2022
The 19th International Symposium on Ostracoda( ISO 19) will be held in Lyon, France, July 18th-22th, 2022.All are welcome.
2021 Nov 29
Ordovician workshop of IGCP 653 will take place November 29-30, 2021 in Lyon, France.
Ordovician workshop of IGCP 653 will take place November 29-30, 2021 in Lyon, France.