5.12亿年前，生命如何熬过大灭绝？160余名全球专家来湖南寻找答案

What happened to life after a mass extinction 512 million years ago? Fossils unearthed in Huayuan, Hunan, China, are helping scientists piece together the story.

5.12亿年前，一场大灭绝重创海洋生命。如今，埋藏在中国湖南花垣的化石，正在帮助科学家拼起那段失落的生命史。

More than 160 experts from China, the U.S., Canada, Russia and beyond recently visited the Huayuan biota fossil site. Over 50,000 fossils representing 153 animal species have been found there — 59% of them new to science — offering rare clues to how early marine life survived and recovered.

近日，来自中国、美国、加拿大、俄罗斯等国的160余名专家来到花垣生物群化石点开展考察。这里已发现5万余件化石、153种动物，其中59%为新物种，为研究大灭绝后生命如何幸存与恢复提供了珍贵线索。