Jeholornis: When Seeds Point to Fruit
A digitally reassembled skull and comparisons with living birds changed the interpretation of an ancient bird’s diet.
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Lingyuan’s Dinosaur with a Meal Still Inside
Mammalian remains inside a Huadanosaurus fossil connect a small Lingyuan predator with its prey, while its jaws and teeth inform research on hunting.
North Pagoda: A City Folded into a Tower
Successive builders wrapped earlier structures, while a hidden chamber preserved a carefully assembled Buddhist deposit.
Beyond the Bones: Reading Feathers in Liaoning Fossils
Fine traces around a skeleton opened questions about body coverings, colour and the relationship between birds and other dinosaurs.
Chaoyang Fossils: The Rock Is Part of the Evidence
A flattened feathered fossil and a three-dimensional skeleton may have reached preservation by very different routes.
Niuheliang Jade: Where an Object Lay Matters
A human figure beside the pelvis and a bird beneath the skull reveal why excavation records belong beside beautiful objects.
Niuheliang: A Landscape Built for Ceremony
A row of stones noticed during fieldwork changed how archaeologists understood the Goddess Temple and the hills around it.