元谋人时代研究评述——兼论我国早更新世古人类时代问题

我国早更新世古人类遗址时代的确定对于认识早期人类起源、扩散与演化具有重要意义。对元谋人化石的各种年龄测定结果和认识分歧进行了综合评述。综合分析认为，在翔实的岩石地层学和古生物地层学基础上，开展高分辨率磁性地层学研究是解决包括元谋人在内的这一时期哺乳动物时代科学问题的最有效的研究途径。

GEOCHRONOLOGICAL RESEARCH INTO THE YUANMOU HOMO ERECTUS-- With a Discussion of the Age of the Early Pleistocene Early Human in China

The exact age determination of the early Pleistocene hominid remains is important for understanding the origin, dispersal and evolution of early human in China. This paper reviews various age estimatiom of Yuanmou Man in detail, then discusses the causes of its age disputes among lithostratigraphic, biostratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic studies. Many disciplines researches of the terrestrial sediments bearing rich mammalian fossils including hominid remains indicate that new tectonic activity, geography pattern, global cooling and drying change and extensively mammalian exchange are possible causes of age controversies of early human. Hence, We suggest that it is necessary to combine biostratigraphy, lithostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy in order to obtain reliable age determination of the Yuanmou H. erectus and other mammalian.