– Manuscript – Ancient bones unearthed in China are helping scientists better understand the development, or evolution, of modern pandas. Pandas are a kind of animal called bears that live in forests in the mountains of Southwestern China. Pandas’ main food is a plant called bamboo. Currently, experts estimate the wild population of pandas is under 2,000. Researchers … [Read more...] about Early Version of Giant Panda’s ‘False Thumb’ Found in China