人类起源研究回顾与中国古人类学展望

A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE STUDY ON HUMAN ORIGINS AND THE PROSPECT OF THE PALEOANTHROPOLOGY IN CHINA

根据对人类起源研究的回顾和对我国人类进化概况的认识 ,将我国古人类学研究推向更高的境界的首要任务是找到新的比较完整的化石和有关材料 ,关键之举是高水平的创新研究 ,发现和综合考量蕴藏在其中的各种信息 ,因此在新的世纪 ,必须大力进行野外调查 ,发现更多人类化石和旧石器以及有关的材料 ,进行深入的形态学和考古学研究 ,还要寻求人类古生物学与分子生物学在人类起源与进化研究方面的协调 ,构建更加坚实的我国古人类年龄框架 ,适当地进行我国古环境与人类关系的研究。

Based on a brief review of the study on human origin and the knowledge about the human evolution in China, the author considered that in order to promote the study of paleoanthropology of China to a higher state, to find new fossils and related materials would be the most important task, the researches finding essential information contained in the fossils and related materials and bringing forth new ideas would be the crux. In the new century, for developing the paleoanthropology in China, we should work hard for finding more and more human fossils and paleolithic artefacts as well as related materials. In addition, seeking the reconciliation between the paleoanthropological and molecular biological studies on the origin and evolution of humans, constructing a more reliable chronological framework of human remains of China and appropriate study on the relationship between fossil humans and the paleo environment, are also important.