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.
The oldest human remains were discovered in Ethiopia by a team of archeologists in 1967, and were originally estimated to be only about 130,000 years old. In 2005, more sophisticated dating techniques put the human skulls at about 200,000 years, confirming that they are the oldest known human fossils.