广西古人类学研究新进展

New Progressin Paleoanthropology of Guangxi

广西是我国南方主要的岩溶地区,也是著名的古人类化石产地之一,从20世纪50年代起陆续发现了著名的柳江人化石、麒麟山人化石等;进入新千年以来,又发现了扶绥南山洞晚期智人化石、百色田东么会洞早期人类化石以及崇左木榄山智人化石。这些珍贵化石的发现推动了东亚地区早期人类进化和现代人起源问题的研究。近年来的古人类学研究,除了传统形态学研究之外还加入了现代科技手段(如CT扫描),新研究方法的运用弥补了传统方法的不足,有利于发现珍稀古人类化石所蕴藏的科学信息。

Guangxi is situated in the karst area of Southern China,and abounds in human fossils.Since the1950＇s,the well-known fossils of Liujiang hominid and Qilinshan hominid have been discovered one after another.Since 2000,the early hominid fossils of Mohui Cave in Tiandong,Baise and the Homo sapiens fossils in Mulan,Chongzuo were also discovered.The discovery of these precious fossils promotes the research on the evolution of early human beings in East Asia and the origin of modern human beings.Besides the traditional morphological study,modern technologies（e.g.CT scan）are also applied in the domain of paleoanthropology in recent years.The new means make up the disadvantages of the traditional observation,and dig out more information from the precious hominid fossils.