解剖学报 ›› 2019, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (3): 351-357.doi: 10.16098/j.issn.0529-1356.2019.03.015

• 人类学 • 上一篇    下一篇

中国更新世古人类身高演化趋势

杜抱朴1,2 张立召1 赵凌霞1*   

  1. 1.中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所,中国科学院脊椎动物演化与人类起源重点实验室,北京 100044; 2.中国科学院大学地球与行星科学学院, 北京 100049
  • 收稿日期:2017-11-03 修回日期:2018-03-05 出版日期:2019-06-06 发布日期:2019-06-06
  • 通讯作者: 赵凌霞 E-mail:dubaopu1989@163.com

Evolutionary trends of stature in Pleistocene China

DU Bao-pu 1,2 ZHANG Li-zhao1 ZHAO Ling-xia 1*   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China;  2. College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2017-11-03 Revised:2018-03-05 Online:2019-06-06 Published:2019-06-06
  • Contact: ZHAO Ling-xia E-mail:dubaopu1989@163.com

摘要:

目的 探讨中国更新世古人类身高演变趋势。 方法 采用间接法复原中国更新世化石人类身高,先重建残缺长骨标本的最大长,然后依据长骨长度复原个体身高。结果 中国直立人(4例)和早期现代人(12例)的身高变异范围分别是155.4~169.2 cm和155.2~171.7 cm,而早期智人仅有1例女性个体身高约166.1 cm。位于西南地区的柳江和丽江的古人类身高明显低于北方早期现代人。 结论 从直立人至早期现代人阶段,中国古人类身高变异范围相仿,而平均身高可能呈逐渐增长趋势;早期现代人展现出较明显的地域性差异;早期现代人与新石器时期现代人群身高间差异并未表现出显著性。

关键词: 长骨, 身高, 更新世, 回归公式, 中国古人类化石

Abstract:

Objective To study the evolutionary trends in the stature of Pleistocene hominins from China. Methods We took the indirect method of stature estimation from fragments of long bones: maximum length of the long bones was directly estimated from measurements of its fragments, and thereafter the stature was reconstructed from the estimated maximum length. Results The result showed that the stature variation was 155.4-169.2 cm for H. erectus (n=4) and 155.2-171.7 cm for early modern humans (n=12), and only 166.1 cm for one female in archaic Homo sapiens. The stature of Liujiang and Lijiang hominins located in the southeast was lower than other early modern humans from North China. Conclusion The stature variation is similarly from H. erectus to early modern humans, while the average stature seems to have increased continuously. We find that the geographical variation observed in modern humans has appeared in early modern humans. In addition, there is no significant difference between early modern humans and Neolithic populations.

Key words: Long bone, Stature, Pleistocene, Regression equation, Chinese hominin fossil