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仅一块化石就可以完全改变人类的生命之树。最近发现一个带有部分颌骨和几颗牙齿的头盖骨化石,约600到700万年之久,被称为新物种 ST。它在人类和大猩猩的进化中究竟起何作用?两者看起来可是差别很大的。传统认为人—猿共同的祖先有可能和早期大猩猩世系共同生活在树上。ST 化石妙在它后面看起来像大猩猩,前面又像175万年前的更新纪灵长动物,脸部轮廓和其他部位很像远古人类。如果我们认为这些已经足够证明它是人类进化史上的根基,那么将给本已经很严密的人类起源模型带来灾难。简单的说,这个时期的古人类
Only a fossil can completely change the tree of human life. A recently discovered skull fossil with partial jaws and several teeth, about 6 to 7 million years old, is known as the new species ST. What is its role in the evolution of humans and gorillas? The two may look quite different. Traditionally, a common ancestor of humans-apes has the potential to live with trees in the early gorilla lineage. ST fossils behind it looks like gorillas, in front of another 1.75 million years ago, updated Ji primate, facial contour and other parts of ancient humans. If we think that these are enough to prove that it is the foundation of the evolutionary history of mankind, it will bring disastrous consequences to this already very tight model of human origin. In short, the ancients of this period