The article I choose is the Fossil Humankind and Other Anthropoid Primates of China. Many fossils have been discovered in more than 70 sites of China, so the author wants to explore whether some nonhuman anthropoid primates of China are the direct ancestors of human beings. Besides, the author wants to verify the hypothesis that the human evolution in China is consecutive with hybridization.
In my opinion, the research method in this article is mainly based on opinions, in which the author collects a large number of relative and authoritative data to examine the hypothesis that the direct ancestors are the anthropoid primates in China. There are two subspecies of the human fossils in China and they are Homo sapiens erectus and Homo sapiens sapiens. The electron spin resonance dating of the Homo sapiens erectus specimens discovering in Locality 1 of Zhoukoudian indicated that the ancient humans have appeared since about 570,000 years ago. The fossils found in difffernt places of China have common features, like flat nasal saddle, large nasomalar angle, shovel-shaped upper incisors, etc. These common features are more frequent in Pleistocene China than somewhere else, which supports the idea of continuity. Besides, the amorphological mosaic showed a gradual change between sapiens erectus and Homo sapiens sapiens in China and indicated that Homo sapiens erectus may be a chronological subspecies of Homo sapiens sapiens. The morphological mosaic of the two subspecies further indicated there was continuous human evolution in China. Besides, a lot of features of human fossils found in China were more common in Europe and Africa, which indicated some gene flows from the West in the Pleistocene epoch. According to the gene flow and continuity between China and the west, the scholar concluded that the human evolution in China was continuous with hybridization. …show more content…
The continuity of evolution in China enabled the ancient Chinese people to have some specific morphological features more frequently than that in the West, making them to be easily identified and separated from others. Hybridization narrowed the differences among people in the different regions and facilitated the process of evolution with keeping the unity of them. There were also lots of archeological evidence supporting the continuity with hybridization. Almost all of Paleolithic artifacts appeared in more than 1000 sites of were Oldowan or Mode I. The artifacts indicated the Mode I technique had lasted for a long period and the cultural elements were introduced by the humans at some sites. Therefore, it could be included that there was a small number of cultural exchanges with the West in the Paleolithic. In the Neolithic Age, the geographic variations were decreased compared with those of the Paleolithic period. Some common morphological features of Paleolithic populations were rare in the Neolithic period, indicating the gene flow had increased as time went on. Besides, many nonhuman anthropoids fossils were found in China as well and some of them have been viewed as direct ancestors of hominids. A large number of specimens were unearthed in Lufeng Country, which were divided into Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus. Ramapithecus were considered more closer to be the ancestor of humans and the African great apes. All the specimens found in Lufeng were given a new name as Lufengpithecus lufengensis. On the basis of their characteristics, they were perceived as an anomalous branch in primate evolution, whose lineage
In my opinion, the research method in this article is mainly based on opinions, in which the author collects a large number of relative and authoritative data to examine the hypothesis that the direct ancestors are the anthropoid primates in China. There are two subspecies of the human fossils in China and they are Homo sapiens erectus and Homo sapiens sapiens. The electron spin resonance dating of the Homo sapiens erectus specimens discovering in Locality 1 of Zhoukoudian indicated that the ancient humans have appeared since about 570,000 years ago. The fossils found in difffernt places of China have common features, like flat nasal saddle, large nasomalar angle, shovel-shaped upper incisors, etc. These common features are more frequent in Pleistocene China than somewhere else, which supports the idea of continuity. Besides, the amorphological mosaic showed a gradual change between sapiens erectus and Homo sapiens sapiens in China and indicated that Homo sapiens erectus may be a chronological subspecies of Homo sapiens sapiens. The morphological mosaic of the two subspecies further indicated there was continuous human evolution in China. Besides, a lot of features of human fossils found in China were more common in Europe and Africa, which indicated some gene flows from the West in the Pleistocene epoch. According to the gene flow and continuity between China and the west, the scholar concluded that the human evolution in China was continuous with hybridization. …show more content…
The continuity of evolution in China enabled the ancient Chinese people to have some specific morphological features more frequently than that in the West, making them to be easily identified and separated from others. Hybridization narrowed the differences among people in the different regions and facilitated the process of evolution with keeping the unity of them. There were also lots of archeological evidence supporting the continuity with hybridization. Almost all of Paleolithic artifacts appeared in more than 1000 sites of were Oldowan or Mode I. The artifacts indicated the Mode I technique had lasted for a long period and the cultural elements were introduced by the humans at some sites. Therefore, it could be included that there was a small number of cultural exchanges with the West in the Paleolithic. In the Neolithic Age, the geographic variations were decreased compared with those of the Paleolithic period. Some common morphological features of Paleolithic populations were rare in the Neolithic period, indicating the gene flow had increased as time went on. Besides, many nonhuman anthropoids fossils were found in China as well and some of them have been viewed as direct ancestors of hominids. A large number of specimens were unearthed in Lufeng Country, which were divided into Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus. Ramapithecus were considered more closer to be the ancestor of humans and the African great apes. All the specimens found in Lufeng were given a new name as Lufengpithecus lufengensis. On the basis of their characteristics, they were perceived as an anomalous branch in primate evolution, whose lineage