Unearthing Ancient Giant Panda Remains in Shuanghe Cave: Discoveries, Findings, and Evolutionary Insights

2023-09-30 03:37:07

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30 Sep. 2023 10:37 a.m.

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Chinese research team Revealing the results of the excavation of parts belonging to an ancient giant panda. More than 40 of them have been discovered in Shuanghe Cave in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. which is the longest cave in Asia

On September 29, 2023, a team of researchers from the Guizhou Mountain Resources Institute in Guizhou Province Southwestern China reveals it has unearthed parts of an ancient giant panda. Inside the tunnel near the upper part of Shuanghe Cave. It is the longest cave in Asia. It said more than 40 pieces of ancient panda remains were found, most of them intact.

The parts found ranged from the jaw area. Ribs and spine The oldest belongs to a panda that lived at least 100,000 years ago. Most are around 3,000 years old. The youngest belongs to a giant panda that lived only a few hundred years ago.

Researchers stated that These pieces can serve as rare specimens. To understand the genetic evolutionary history of the giant panda population Including the size evolution of giant pandas in the late Pleistocene era.

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