Compare & Contrast: Egypt & China. Ancient Egypt and ancient China had many cultural differences and similarities. While Chinaâs form of government is monarchy, Egyptâs is theocracy. As for their religious beliefs, even though theyâre both polytheistic, they have different Gods. Another difference in the two civilizations is the environment.
Palaeontologists have found what is likely to be the oldest known dinosaur, filling in a yawning evolutionary gap. A study in Biology Letters describes Nyasasaurus parringtoni, a new species from 10-15 million years before the previous earliest dinosaur specimens.
According to a pair of newly published papers in the journal Science, paleoanthropologists working in Ethiopia have discovered a 2.8-million-year-old jawbone, making it the oldest fossil in the human ancestral line ever found by more than 400,000 years. The finding could fill important gaps in scientistsâ understanding of human evolution.