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Well-preserved giant panda fossil discovered in China's Shaanxi

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A well-preserved giant panda fossil, dating back at least 10,000 years, has been discovered in a cave in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the provincial department of natural resources said on Wednesday.

The department received tips in late July from local residents that suspected animal bone fossils had been discovered in the depth of a cave in Chenggu County, Hanzhong City of Shaanxi.

The fossil is estimated to date back to a time between the late Middle Pleistocene and the Late Pleistocene of the Quaternary Period, between 200,000 and 10,000 years ago.

Hu Songmei, an expert on paleontological fossils said: "Previously, only scattered (giant panda fossil) findings were made, such as individual teeth, single bones, or very fragmented pieces. We hope to piece together a more complete fossil skeleton when we return. Afterwards, we will measure the age of the fossil, and try to determine the exact species of the giant panda. This is highly significant for studying the evolutionary history of giant pandas."

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