How did the rhinos on the earth evolve and spread "with a heart" before the appearance of human beings millions of years ago?
Deng Tao's research team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) has completed the most complete Late Cenozoic (26.5 million years ago) in Eurasia and the world through the latest research on the abundant rhinoceros fossils in Linxia Basin, Gansu -2.55 million years) rhinoceros continuous evolution sequence, among which, the living African black rhinoceros and the extinct Iranian rhinoceros have found their ancestor type fossils in the Linxia Basin.
This important paper on the discovery and research of paleontological fossils was recently published in the international professional academic journal "Paleogeography, Palaeoclimate, Paleoecology", proving that the Linxia Basin has a very continuous and rich distribution of rhinoceros fossils in Eurasia, not only for the study of rhinoceros evolution Important materials are also good indicators for dividing and comparing key signs of strata and judging the climate and environment background.
On the afternoon of February 9, researcher Deng Tao, the first author and corresponding author of the paper, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency in Beijing, explaining the latest scientific research results of rhino fossils in the Linxia Basin.
(Reporter Sun Zifa produced Sui Zhiyuan)
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]