试论甘青地区古代居民体质特征对华夏族形成的影响

On the Physical Characteristic of Ancient People Living in Gansu and Qinghai Area and the Influence on Formation of Huaxia Nationality

我国古代先秦时期,是古代华夏族种群结构形成的重要阶段,同时也酝酿了我国汉民族的主干形成。在这一时期,生活在富饶的黄河流域的古代居民无论在文化类型抑或体质形态上都存在着不同程度的相关性,因此对这些古代居民体质特征的演变及其规律的研究,为探索华夏族的种属源流关系及其他古代文化的谱系研究都具有十分重要的意义。因此,本文拟从先秦时期我国甘青地区已出土的人种学材料入手,与同时期黄河中、下游地区的古代居民人种学材料进行比较分析,试图就我国甘青地区古代居民的体质特征对华夏族形成的影响问题进行初步的探讨。

In ancient China, the pre-Qin period is an important formation stage not only for the Huaxia, but also for the Han nationality which is the major ethnic in our country. At that time, those ancient inhabit- ants, living in the fertile basin of the Yellow River, seemed to be more or less similar in both culture types and physical characters. Researches on the evolution and the rule of their physical characters are supposed to be very significant for us learning about the history of the Huaxia and other Chinese archaeological cultures. Therefore, this article intends to compare ethnographic materials from the Yellow River during the pre-Qin pe- riod, trying to carry on the preliminary discussion on the problem that the effect of the ancient inhabitants＇ physical characteristics of Gansu and Qinghai area on the formation of Chinese nation.