The Oldest Panda Bear Ever Found!

The cute aspect of the giant panda, resembling a living teddy bear, turned this animal into the symbol of the fight for the preservation of endangered species. Even if a real bear, this species eats 99 % bamboo. Now researchers have discovered the fossil skull of the earliest known bear from ... [ read more >> ]

Modern Giant Panda

A side-by-side comparison shows a modern panda skull (right) next to a fossil of an ancestral bear that weighed in at just half the size

Image comment: A side-by-side comparison shows a modern panda skull (right) next to a fossil of an ancestral bear that weighed in at just half the size
Image credits: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing

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A side-by-side comparison shows a modern panda skull (right) next to a fossil of an ancestral bear that weighed in at just half the size
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