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Richest collection of animals of the Ordovician period was found in the Chinese province of Hunan
(ORDO NEWS) — The early Ordovician was a time when the animal world experienced an unprecedented explosion of biodiversity. And now, in the south of China, they found a burial place of impeccably preserved fossils of that period. Now scientists will be able to better understand exactly how the global change in faunal composition took place, which turned the primitive ecosystems of the Cambrian period into more progressive Middle Paleozoic…
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14 ancient tombs discovered in Hunan province
(ORDO NEWS) — 14 tombs dating back to the period between the Eastern Han (25-220 AD) and Tang (618-907 AD) dynasties have been discovered by archaeologists in the city of Leiyang, Hunan Province in Central China. According to the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, scientists have excavated 8 tombs in the complex and found more than 130 relics, including ceramics, porcelain and bronzes. Six of the Eastern Han…