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04-20 / 2025
Research Highlight from Asia- New Jurassic Fossil Sheds Light on the Origins of Parasitic Thorny-Headed Worms
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...
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04-02 / 2025
Research Highlight from Asia - China-South Korea collaboration discovers oldest stromatoporoid sponge fossil
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...
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09-26 / 2024
Research Highlight from Asia - Ancient Cheese Holds Clues to Human-Microbe Evolutionary Dance
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...
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09-23 / 2024
Research Highlight from Asia - Unraveling the Mystery of Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction: The Role of Mega El Niño
In a groundbreaking study "Mega El Niño instigated the end-Permian mass extinction" was published in the 13 September 2024 issue of Science, an international team of scientists led by Yadong Sun from the China University of Geosciences ...
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07-01 / 2024
Research Highlight from Asia - Unveils the Evolutionary History of Marine Biodiversity Hotspot
A study recently published in Nature has shed light on the Cenozoic history of the Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA), a region renowned as the global epicenter of marine biodiversity. The research, led by Skye Yunshu Tian from the Univer...
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07-01 / 2024
Research Highlights from Asia - A late-Ediacaran crown-group sponge animal
In a groundbreaking discovery, the team of Prof. Yuan Xunlai and Dr Bin Wan, Dr Xiaopeng Wang from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Prof. Shuhai Xiao from Virginia Tech University have unearthed a fascinating relic ...
04-20 / 2025Research Highlight from Asia- New Jurassic Fossil Sheds Light on the Origins of Parasitic Thorny-Headed WormsA 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...
04-02 / 2025Research Highlight from Asia - China-South Korea collaboration discovers oldest stromatoporoid sponge fossilThe 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...
09-26 / 2024Research Highlight from Asia - Ancient Cheese Holds Clues to Human-Microbe Evolutionary DanceIn 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...
09-23 / 2024Research Highlight from Asia - Unraveling the Mystery of Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction: The Role of Mega El NiñoIn a groundbreaking study "Mega El Niño instigated the end-Permian mass extinction" was published in the 13 September 2024 issue of Science, an international team of scientists led by Yadong Sun from the China University of Geosciences ...
07-01 / 2024Research Highlight from Asia - Unveils the Evolutionary History of Marine Biodiversity HotspotA study recently published in Nature has shed light on the Cenozoic history of the Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA), a region renowned as the global epicenter of marine biodiversity. The research, led by Skye Yunshu Tian from the Univer...
07-01 / 2024Research Highlights from Asia - A late-Ediacaran crown-group sponge animalIn a groundbreaking discovery, the team of Prof. Yuan Xunlai and Dr Bin Wan, Dr Xiaopeng Wang from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Prof. Shuhai Xiao from Virginia Tech University have unearthed a fascinating relic ...