摘要
本文讨论云南开远、禄丰、元谋和保山的古猿在人类起源研究中的地位。通过与人类起源有关的中国古猿、南方古猿和西瓦古猿的时空分布、形态特征及有关学科研究的新材料的分析研究，认为西瓦古猿是猩猩的祖先，南方古猿可能不是人类祖先，中国古猿则很可能是人类祖先，滇中是人类起源的关键区域。人类发展的阶段为中国古猿－直立人－早期智人－晚期智人。
This paper biscusses the position of the paleoapes in Kaiyuan, Lufeng, Yuanmuo and Baoshan, Yunnan, in the study of the mankind origin. After a study and analysis of the newresults of the time-space distribution, morphological feature and the concerned scientific research about Sinopithecus , Australopithecus and Sivapithecus related to the mankindorigin,it is believed that Sivapithecus is the ancestor of gorilla, and may be the ancestor of mankind is not Australopithecus but Sinopithecus very possible to be. The central Yunnan is the key area of mankind origin. And the development of mankind is as follows. Sinopithecus-Homo erectusearly Homo sapiens-late Homo sapiens.
出处
《云南地质》
1994年第3期278-284,共7页
Yunnan Geology
