So far, the research and discussion on dinosaurs is still very enthusiastic, and there is still consensus and debate in the academic community.
According to Tie Ji video, on April 17, Zhou Zhonghe, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, expressed his opinion in an open class, saying,Birds themselves are descendants of dinosaurs, which can show that dinosaurs are not completely extinct.
He further introduced that, in fact, in the Mesozoic Era (65 million years ago), most species of birds actually became extinct, but a small part of them survived the catastrophe at the end of the Cretaceous and continued into the Cenozoic Era, and ushered in the big development.
After investigation,Chinese Academy of Sciences official website informationIt shows that Zhou Zhonghe is currently a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. At present, he is mainly engaged in the research of Mesozoic birds and Jehol biota, covering the origin of birds, the origin and evolution of bird flight, the evolution of feathers, the early evolution and radiation of birds, etc.
In addition, participated in the research of some hairy dinosaurs, pterosaurs, biostratigraphy, and the relationship between the evolution of the Jehol biota and the environment.
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