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 * ... that the Chengziya Archaeological Site in China is thought to be the largest prehistoric settlement found to date?


 * ... that the cretaceous subfamily Sphecomyrminae has not been included in several recent phylogenetic studies of the ant family?


 * ...that Lantian Man, who was discovered in China in 1963, preceded Peking Man by several hundred thousand years?


 * ... that the late Miocene whale Joumocetus shimizui is the third oldest Cetotheriid known?


 * ...that eighty years on, scientists are still debating whether the Palæozoic fossils known as Chitinozoans (SEM image pictured) represent plants, animals or eggs?