Anthropology - The human genus

被引：423

作者：

Wood, B

Collard, M

机构：

[1] George Washington Univ, Dept Anthropol, Washington, DC 20052 USA

[2] Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Amer Hist, Human Origins Program, Washington, DC 20560 USA

[3] UCL, Dept Anthropol, London WC1E 6BT, England

来源：

SCIENCE | 1999年 / 284卷 / 5411期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.284.5411.65

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A general problem in biology is how to incorporate information about evolutionary history and adaptation into taxonomy. The problem is exemplified in attempts to define our own genus, Homo. Here conventional criteria for allocating fossil species to Homo are reviewed and are found to be either inappropriate or inoperable. We present a revised definition, based on verifiable criteria, for Homo and conclude that two species, Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis, do not belong in the genus. The earliest taxon to satisfy the criteria is Homo ergaster or early African Homo erectus, which currently appears in the fossil record at about 1.9 million years ago.

引用

页码：65 / +

页数：7

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