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 known eukaryotes dates to about 1.8 billion years bp, although there are claims of 2.1 and even 2.7 billion years bp eukaryote fossils. The first multicellular organisms are the mysterious Ediacaran biota, which dated to 635 million years bp.