Ancient Chinese fish fossils fill critical gap in "fish to human" evolution

Zhu Min, an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the CAS, speaks during a press conference at the IVPP, in Beijing, capital of China, March 3, 2026. Fossils of two fish from over 400 million years ago -- one a tiny streamlined creature, the other a giant among vertebrates of its time with bizarre teeth -- have been discovered in China, filling a critical gap in the evolutionary journey "from fish to human." [Photo/Xinhua]