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There are giant panda fossils in a cave 100 meters deep in Hunan. How long has the giant panda existed?
First of all, the giant panda has existed for 8 million years. Giant pandas have a long history. The oldest panda member discovered so far left footprints on the earth in the late Miocene about 8 million years ago. In the long-term harsh competition for survival and natural selection, many contemporary animals have become extinct, but the giant panda is very strong and in an advantage, and has become a preserved animal? Living fossil? .

Secondly, the giant panda has adapted to the life of subtropical bamboo forest, gradually getting bigger and feeding on bamboo. The middle and late Pleistocene, 500,000-700,000 years ago, was the heyday of giant pandas. Living giant pandas have well-developed molars. Does it have a paw besides five toes? Thumb? . This? Thumb? In fact, it is a special structure of carpal bone. What is its scientific name? Radius sesamoid? , mainly plays the role of holding bamboo. Pandas spend most of their time sleeping except for half of their eating time every day. In the wild, giant pandas sleep for 2-4 hours between meals.

In addition, the giant panda is one of the oldest animals in China. They lived on this wonderful planet long before human beings appeared, and were praised as paleontology by scientists and archaeologists? Living fossil? . Like the cognition of many things, human cognition of giant pandas is gradually taking shape. From ancient times to now, from home to abroad, the giant panda has touched the world bit by bit with a constant attitude, and finally won the love of people all over the world. It is the only amazing animal in the giant panda wildlife world.

You know, as history enters modern times, the living environment of pandas is becoming more and more difficult. It was not until nearly 30 years later that the giant panda escaped from the extremely endangered situation and was adversely affected by the flowering and poaching of arrow bamboo. When we saw the cute panda in the zoo, we decided that it was always so cute in MengMeng. When we heard about it, it was already called a national treasure, and it naturally became a national treasure.