Dr. Tsogtbaatar Khishigjav, Merited Scientist of Mongolia, Doctor of Science, Professor, and former Director of the Institute of Paleontology at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, passed away on June 23, 2026, at the age of 67. His death...
On October 16th, 2025, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) and Mahasarakham University held a bilateral forum. Research Professor WANG Jun, director of NIGPAS, and Professor Mongkol Udchac...
A bilateral meeting between Chinese and Japanese palaeontologists was held in Sapporo under the framework of the Asian Palaeontological Association (APA). The meeting aimed to deepen cooperation in fossil research,stratigraphy,and palaeo...
Exceptionally preserved 520‑million‑year‑old fossils from southern China have finally resolved the evolutionary origins of bryozoans, the only major animal phylum that seemed to have mysteriously escaped the Cambrian explosion.Discove...
For the first time, scientists have successfully recovered ancient proteins from six Homo erectus teeth discovered in China, dating back approximately 400,000 years. This breakthrough, led by Qiaomei Fu at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
Darwin was once puzzled: why do animal fossils suddenly appear in great abundance in Cambrian strata, while their ancestors are almost nowhere to be found in older rocks? For over a century, this mystery has troubled paleontologists.Now,...
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
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/.
