地球科学进展 ›› 2008, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 228 -235. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2008.03.0228

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骨化学分析在古人类食物结构演化研究中的应用
胡耀武 1,2,Michael P. Richards 1,刘武 3,王昌燧 2   
  1. 1. Department of Human Evolution, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz  6, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany;2.中国科学院研究生院科技史与科技考古系,北京 100049;3. 中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所, 北京 100044

  • 收稿日期:2007-09-30 修回日期:2008-02-19 出版日期:2008-03-10
  • 通讯作者: 胡耀武 E-mail:ywhu@gucas.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:

    中国科学院和德国马普学会基金项目“中国古代人类和动物的食物结构分析”;中国科学院知识创新工程重要方向项目“科技考古的若干前沿问题再研究”(编号:KJCX3.SYW.N12);国家自然科学基金项目“山东后李文化时期人和动物骨的稳定同位素分析”(编号:40702003);中国科学院研究生院院长基金项目“北京周口店田园洞遗址古人类食谱与古环境分析”资助.

Application of Bone Chemistry Analysis to the Studies of Hominin Dietary Evolution

Hu Yaowu 1,2,Michael P. Richards 1,Liu Wu 3,Wang Changsui 2   

  1. 1.Department of Human Evolution, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany; 2. Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,China; 3. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Palaeoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044,China
  • Received:2007-09-30 Revised:2008-02-19 Online:2008-03-10 Published:2008-03-10

古人类食物结构演化的研究,是探索人类起源和进化的重要组成部分。骨化学分析是探索古人类食物结构的主要方法,也是最为有效的方法。在概述骨化学分析原理的基础上,详细介绍了如何运用该方法了解古人类(南方古猿、人属、尼安德特人、欧洲现代人)的食物结构,并通过与现代黑猩猩的食物结构比较,揭示了从猿至人食物结构的演化过程,探讨了古人类食物结构的演变对人类进化的深刻影响。此外,提出了目前研究中尚存的2个重要问题及已有的解决方法。之后,评述了我国古人类食物结构的研究现状,并展望了古人类食物结构研究的前景。

The study of evolution of Hominin (>10,000 years ago) diets is one of important components to explore the origin and evolution of human beings. Bone chemistry analysis has been proved to be not only one of main methods but also one of the most effective methods to study Hominin diets. After brief introduction of principles of bone chemistry analysis, this paper presents how to apply it to reconstruct the diets of the Hominin (Australopithecines, Homo, Neanderthals, European anatomically modern human), and reveals the dietary evolution from the Australopithecines to Homo on the basis of comparison with the chimpanzee diets as the proxy for the earliest human ancestor as well as how palaeodietary evolution has deep impact on human evolution. In addition, two important problems and the solutions to deal with them in the studies are also presented. At last, the reviews on Hominin diet studies in China and perspectives for further study in the future are discussed.

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