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In 1885, 20 tons of fossil bones came through Chinese ports. [5] Searching Chinese pharmacies for new fossil specimens was "an established stratagem of fossil-hunters in the Far East." [6] Western investigation of dragon bones led to the discovery of Peking Man and Gigantopithecus blacki.
Longji (Dragon's Backbone) Terraced Rice Fields received their name because the rice terraces resemble a dragon's scales, while the summit of the mountain range looks like the backbone of the dragon. In early June, water is pumped over the rice paddies , and young plants are transferred to the main terraces.
Hualong Cave (simplified Chinese: 华龙洞; traditional Chinese: 華龍洞; pinyin: huálóng dòng; lit. 'flowery/elegant dragon cave') is a cave in Pangwang village in Dongzhi County, Anhui Province, China, and situated on the southern bank of Yangtze. [1] It is located on the side of Meiyuan Hill.
The Shishugou Formation consists of mudstone, siltstone, and sandstone, and is named for the silicified wood or petrified logs found here. ('Shishugou' = 'stone tree valley') These badlands were used for some sequences in the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, [6] the genus Yinlong ('hidden dragon') being named for the film.
A pinkie bone recovered from Denisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains in 2010 also led to the idea of a distinct ancient human population, dubbed the Denisovans, that some people share ...
The Yanliao Biota comes from outcrops north of the Han Mountains, in the northeast of the People's Republic of China.The most important site is near Daohugou Village in Inner Mongolia, but fossils and outcrops are also found in neighbouring Liaoning Province and Heibei Province.
One researcher wondered if ancient Chinese actually found the remains and used them as inspiration for legends of dragons. The dinosaur was 50 feet long with a neck length of around 25 feet ...
Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site (周口店北京人遗址), also romanized as Choukoutien, is a cave system in suburban Fangshan District, Beijing.It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus (Homo erectus pekinensis), dubbed Peking Man, and a fine assemblage of bones of the giant short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris.