人类学学报 卷 [10]吴新智.与中国现代人起源问题有联系的分子生物学研究成果的讨论卩J].人类学学报,2005,24(4):259 [11] Aigner J. Chinese Pleistocene cultural and hominid remains: A consi deration of their significance in reconstructing the patten of human bio-cultural development [M. In: Ghosh AK ed. Le Paleolithique Inferieur et Mbyen en Inde Centrale, en Chine et Dans le Sudest Asiatique. Paris: UISPP Colloque VIl, CNRS, 1976, 65-90. [2]吴新智,张银运,中国古人类综合研究[M]见:中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所編,古人类论文集 北京:科学出版社,1978,29-42 [13 Lahr MM. The multiregional mdel of mdern human ongins: a reassessment of its m: phulogcal basis J]. J Hum Evol, 1994 26:23-56 [ 14] Liebemn DE. Testing hypotheses ot ree aIt Inuman ewl ion fiom skulls J]. Current Anthopol, 1995, 36: 159-196 [15] Wu Xinzhi, Biner FE. itmE: Solution: an Clina: A Metric Description of the Fossils and a Review of the Sites [M].New York: Oxford University Press. 1995, 158-70, 186-206 [16]吴新智,黄慰文,祁国琴.中国古人类遗址[M].上海:上海科技教育出版社,199 [17] Shea JJ, Fleagle JG Ongin of mdem humans on Long Island []. Evolutionary Anthropology, 2005, 14: 86-87 Brown P, Sutikkna T, Mbrwood M, ef al. A new small-bodies hominin from the Late Heistocene of Flores, Indonesia J] [19] Lahr MM, Foley R. Human evolution writ small [J]. Nature, 2004, 431: 1043-1044 New Arguments on Contin uity of Human Evol ution in China WU Xizhi Institute d vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoant hropaogy, Chinese Academy d Sciences, Beijing 100044) Abstract: Though analysis of morphological features, this article discusses some poblems concerning the methodology of thinking in the study of human evolution and provides new evidence to support the Multiregional evolution mdel as follows. 1) Do mt neglect the ole played by gene exchange in the formation of certain features of recent skulls, such as orbital shape, the form of inferor lateral margin of the orbit, and the contour composed of the frontor nasal and frontor maxillary sutures. These features in recent Fast Asian skulls are different from those in Pleistocene specimens in China, which indicates that the continuity of them in Fast Asia has not persisted to nowadays, but does ot exclude the of them in the pleistocene. The difference between recent and pleistocene skulls morphological features may be caused by genetic drift and/or gene exchange between East Asia and outside in the holocene and late pleistocene. 2) Features not unique for a region, are considered as ot deserving to be the evidence for continuity of human evolution in that region by some scholars. But it is probable that commn ancestry and gene flow between ancient populations of different region should have caused many features not unique in many regions. Commn features of Pleistocene skulls in China are not necessarily unique in this region. The fact that some common features in Pleistocene China also exist in other regions ot weaken the value of ther supporting in evolutionary process would make the earlier population different from the later ones, or there would be mo common features shared by them. 3) Do ot forget C1994-2006ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreservedhttp://www.cnki.net[10 ] 吴新智. 与中国现代人起源问题有联系的分子生物学研究成果的讨论 [J ] . 人类学学报 , 2005 , 24 (4) : 259 — 269. [11 ] Aigner J . Chinese Pleistocene cultural and hominid remains : A consideration of their significance in reconstructing the pattern of human bio - cultural development [M] . In : Ghosh AK ed. Le Paleolithique Inferieur et Moyen en Inde Centrale , en Chine et Dans le Sudest Asiatique. Paris : UISPP Colloque VII , CNRS , 1976 , 65 —90. [12 ] 吴新智 , 张银运. 中国古人类综合研究 [M] . 见 : 中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所编 , 古人类论文集. 北京 : 科学出版社 , 1978 , 29 —42. [13 ] Lahr MM. The multiregional model of modern human origins : a reassessment of its morphological basis [J ] . J Hum Evol , 1994 , 26 : 23 —56. [14 ] Lieberman DE. Testing hypotheses about recent human evolution from skulls [J ] . Current Anthropol , 1995 , 36 : 159 —196. [15 ] Wu Xinzhi , Poirier FE. Human Evolution in China : A Metric Description of the Fossils and a Review of the Sites [M] . New York : Oxford University Press. 1995 , 158 —170 , 186 —206. [16 ] 吴新智 , 黄慰文 , 祁国琴. 中国古人类遗址 [M] . 上海 : 上海科技教育出版社 , 1999. [17 ] Shea JJ , Fleagle J G. Origin of modern humans on Long Island [J ] . Evolutionary Anthropology , 2005 , 14 : 86 —87. [18 ] Brown P , Sutikkna T , Morwood MJ , et al. A new small2bodies hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores , Indonesia [J ] . Nature , 2004 , 431 : 1055 —1061. [19 ] Lahr MM , Foley R. Human evolution writ small [J ] . Nature , 2004 , 431 : 1043 —1044. Ne w Arguments on Continuity of Human Evolution in China WU Xin2zhi ( Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100044) Abstract : Through analysis of morphological features , this article discusses some problems concerning the methodology of thinking in the study of human evolution and provides new evidence to support the Multiregional evolution model as follows. 1) Do not neglect the role played by gene exchange in the formation of certain features of recent skulls , such as orbital shape , the form of infero2lateral margin of the orbit , and the contour composed of the fronto2nasal and fronto2maxillary sutures. These features in recent East Asian skulls are different from those in Pleistocene specimens in China , which indicates that the continuity of them in East Asia has not persisted to nowadays , but does not exclude the continuity of them in the Pleistocene. The difference between recent and Pleistocene skulls in morphological features may be caused by genetic drift andΠor gene exchange between East Asia and outside in the Holocene and Late Pleistocene. 2) Features not unique for a region , are considered as not deserving to be the evidence for continuity of human evolution in that region by some scholars. But it is probable that common ancestry and gene flow between ancient populations of different regions should have caused many features not unique in many regions. Common features of Pleistocene skulls in China are not necessarily unique in this region. The fact that some common features in Pleistocene China also exist in other regions does not weaken the value of them in supporting the evolutionary continuity in East Asia. Discontinuity in evolutionary process would make the earlier population different from the later ones , or there would be no common features shared by them. 3) Do not forget · 42 · 人 类 学 学 报 25 卷