@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev The Tibetan Plateau, the highest and largest plateau in the world, is well known as ‘The Third Pole’. Tibet has also been called ‘Asia’s water tower’ because so many of Asia’s major rivers such as the Ganges, Indus, Tsangpo/Brahmaputra, Mekong, Yellow and Yangse rivers originate there. Despite its […]
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WFS News: Plant fossils provide new insight into the uplift history of SE Tibet
July 17th, 2018 
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No Comments »5-Million-Year-Old Arctic Fox Ancestor Found in Tibet
June 15th, 2014 Riffin Source : Livescience By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer | LiveScience.com The fossilized jawbone and teeth of a 5-million-year-old fox have been unearthed in Tibet. The fox, Vulpes qiuzhudingi, is probably the ancestor of modern Arctic foxes. The discovery, along with several other fossils from cold-loving mammals, buttress the Out of Tibet hypothesis: That iconic ice-age […]
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