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Giant panda remains discovered in Asia's longest cave

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A total of 40 giant panda remains have been unearthed since 2003 in Shuanghe Cave, Asia's longest cave in China's Guizhou, according to the latest research results.

The research results released on Tuesday show that among the panda remains found, the oldest individual lived at least 100,000 years ago and the youngest lived only a few hundred years ago.

Wang Deyuan, Assistant Researcher of Guizhou Institute of Mountain Resources: "We are now in a tunnel near the upper part of Shuanghe Cave, which is called Dongbaoyakou Cave. A set of giant panda remains was found here. We can see here its relatively intact jawbone, along with some ribs and a few vertebrae, all of which are complete, which suggests that it came into the cave as a relatively intact individual. According to the DNA test, this panda lived about 3,000 years ago."

Researchers say the remains can help provide a rare sample to understand the population genetic evolution history and individual size evolution of giant pandas in the late Pleistocene.

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