Ancient fossils a testament of marine community with shared future

The Ancient Ocean Exhibition Hall of the National Maritime Museum in north China's Tianjin is like a treasure box. Following the thread of geological time periods, through over 1,000 precious fossil specimens, it tells the evolutionary legend of Earth, the ocean, and life over the past 4.6 billion years.

In the exhibition hall, fossils such as trilobites, nautiluses, and ammonites shine brightly. These once inhabitants of the ancient oceans showcase the diversity and unique charm of marine organisms across the geological periods. They are not only an important part of the ancient marine ecosystem but also a powerful testament to the continuous evolution of marine life.

These ancient fossils carry the code of the ocean's changes and are the key clues to exploring the source driving force of a marine community with a shared future. From the very beginning of the origin of life – when the ocean gave birth to the most primitive forms of life – to the mutual influence and co-evolution of organisms and the marine environment over the long course of time, every fossil records the continuous development of life on Earth in the embrace of the ocean. They reveal the close connection and vulnerability of the marine ecosystem, reminding us that protecting the marine ecology and building a marine community with a shared future is an inevitable move to safeguard the future of life on Earth.