The three stared at Amber and didn't speak for a long time. Just watch quietly.

Feel the call of the ancients.

Finally, Han Zhou broke the silence.

He said, "There's an egg in it." ”

Lao Zhao said: "I don't know if it's a bird egg, a lizard egg, or a bastard." ”

Lao Jia said: "Such a big egg, the size of a fist, I'm afraid it's not a dinosaur egg." ”

After speaking, the three of them looked at each other and smiled.

They all knew in their hearts that it was unlikely to be dinosaur eggs in the ordinary sense.

Because the egg in this amber is so lifelike that you can even see spots and lines on the surface.

The dinosaurs became extinct 60 million years ago. It's been long enough for anything in amber to turn into a lump of carbon black. How is it possible to preserve the texture of the eggshell.

Lao Jia said: "Maybe it's some kind of bird's egg." Amber is, after all, a fossil of resin. Many birds live and lay eggs in the woods, and by chance, one egg was wrapped in a large cloud of resin and became a fossil, which has been preserved to this day. ”

Han Zhou said: "There is not much difference between early birds and late dinosaurs. Strictly speaking, today's birds are all descendants of a certain type of dinosaur and are orthodox dinosaur descendants. Dinosaurs, in fact, are not extinct. ”

"The famous 'Archaeopteryx' is a small dinosaur that lived in the late Jurassic period, belonging to the order Dinosaurus Descendaeosaurus, representing a primitive type of dinosaur. It has a bird-like head, claws and wings, a slight ability to fly, teeth, similar to a reptile, a long tail made up of multiple tail vertebrae, and feathers on its body. Archaeopteryx is generally considered to be an intermediate type from reptiles to birds, still belonging to the dinosaurs, appearing in the Jurassic period. ”

"And the well-known killing machine Tyrannosaurus rex, once thought that the image of the Tyrannosaurus rex was a large lizard standing on two legs, with short forelimbs and a large bloody mouth. But the latest research suggests that some close relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex may have feathered birds. ”

"A few years ago, Xu Xing, Xing Lida and other Chinese paleontologists found dinosaur fossils with intact feather traces in archaeological excavations in western Liaoning, and named this new dinosaur as Gorgeous Feathered Tyrannosaurus. The gorgeous feathered tyrannosaurus belongs to the Tyrannosaurus superfamily, that is, the tyrannosaurus rex, which we usually refer to as a tyrannosaurus dinosaur. ”

"As you can imagine, the T-Rex actually looked like a giant chicken – or a big ostrich. It's kind of emotional to think about. ”

Lao Jia said: "With my many years of experience in processing amber rough, no matter what kind of eggs are inside, whether it is bird eggs, lizard eggs, or dinosaur eggs. The value of this amber is extremely high. Especially in scientific research, it is not a problem to publish a paper. ”

Han Zhou said: "Haha." Good. Lao Jia, excuse me, pack this amber well. I'll take it back to China, find a paleontologist, and study it. ”

Lao Jia said: "Okay." ”

The processing fee was paid. Han Zhou holds the wrapped amber. and the jadeite rough, back to the car.

Lao Zhao sent Han Zhou to the airport.

......

Han Zhou took a plane and returned to the capital.

First of all, contact Wang Shenghai on WeChat.

Happy Little Jumping Frog: Mr. Wang, I just came back from Myanmar. A precious rough amber was found, and after polishing, it was found to be an egg inside.

Happy little jumping frog: [picture] [picture] [picture]

Happy Little Jumping Frog: Look at this egg, is there any research value?

After a while, Wang Shenghai replied.

Wang Shenghai: You can't see it with the naked eye, you need to get the real thing, and use professional methods to observe and study.

Happy Little Jumping Frog: Can you introduce me to a professional who will study this? I want to figure out what kind of egg this is.

Wang Shenghai: Okay. I contacted the Lower Ancient Spine Institute. If you find the right person, I'll ask him to add your WeChat.

Happy Little Jumping Frog: Okay.

Han Zhou was very satisfied. Guji Institute is indeed the leading professional institution in this field in China.

The Institute of Paleospine is the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The predecessor was the Cenozoic Research Laboratory of the Geological Survey Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Mining, which was established in April 1929. When it was first established, this laboratory mainly studied the excavations and fossils of the "Zhoukoudian Peking Ape Man" site.

In December 1929, Pei Wenzhong discovered the first Peking ape-man skull, and by 1937, Pei Wenzhong, Jia Lanpo and others had excavated about 40 individuals including five complete skulls in Zhoukoudian and a large number of animal fossils, a total of 1,221 boxes.

In 1941, the Peking Man skull was handed over to the United States Marine Corps, which was about to leave Beijing and withdraw to the United States.

On December 5 of the same year, the train of the unit went to Qinhuangdao, but due to the subsequent outbreak of the Pearl Harbor incident, it is said that the army captured the soldiers of the United States in Beijing, Tianjin and other places, and the whereabouts of the skulls of the people in Beijing have not been known since then.

It is estimated that it was secretly transported back to the book by himself.

(For the record, Peking Man is not the ancestor of modern Pekingese.) ）

(Modern man is Homo sapiens, while Peking Man belongs to Homo erectus, two races, not the same.) Just like gorillas and chimpanzees are both orangutans, but not a type of orangutan. ）

In April 1953, the Laboratory of Vertebrate Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was established in Beijing.

In 1960, it was renamed the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences is the only academic institution in China specializing in vertebrate paleontology, paleoanthropology and related biostratigraphy.

One of the major research areas of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology is humans. Human origin, the genes of the Chinese race, whether the Chinese came from the south or from the north. All sorts of problems.

On the question of "did the Chinese migrate from the south or the north". The Institute of Ancient Spine and the Fudan Institute of Biological Sciences quarreled.

According to the archaeology of fossil remains, the paleospine should have come from the north.

The Fudan Institute of Biological Sciences said that according to the genes of modern people, it should have come from the south.

Both methods have a scientific basis. It's hard to say who's right and who's wrong.

......

The next day, Han Zhou received a WeChat friend application.

"Hello, I'm a researcher at the Institute of Paleospine, Xu Xing. Professor Wang Shenghai introduced it. ”

Han Zhou passed his friend application.

Remarks: Xu Xing.

Xu Xing: Hello, Mr. Han, Jiu Yang. My name is Xu Xing, and I specialize in dinosaurs and early birds. I have seen the amber photo you sent to Wang Shenghai. If it is genuine, it is most likely an early bird egg. Very valuable for research.

Xu Xing: I wonder if there is a chance to study this egg?

Happy Little Jumping Frog: I'd love to lend it to you for research. But I retain ownership of this amber. In the process of your research, it is important not to destroy the original appearance of the amber. Proper sampling can be done with high-precision techniques, but it does not affect the appearance.

Xu Xing: Great, Mr. Han. Rest assured, we will do what you say.

Happy Little Jumping Frog: Tomorrow, you come to me, Xishan Longyin Villa, and take amber.

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