命名 Homo erectus:一个审查.
Eduard Pop1, Sofwan Noerwidi2, Fred Spoor3
1Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden, the Netherlands; Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9514, 2300 RA, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Journal of human evolution
|March 28, 2024
概括
"直立人"的最初出版物是1892年的实地工作报告,而不是1893年. 命名类型标本是有争议的,但Trinil calotte是最合适的化石.
科学领域:
- 古人类学古人类学.
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 纳税学是一种分类学.
背景情况:
- 尤金·杜布瓦在1891年至1892年在印度尼西亚的Trinil发现了人类化石.
- 杜布瓦命名了一个新物种,直立人,但它的原始出版物和类型标本仍在争论中.
研究的目的:
- 为了澄清原始出版的细节,并确定正确的命名型标本为直立人.
- 为了解决有关早期的直立人化石的分类学模两可.
主要方法:
- 审查原始来源和历史文件.
- 应用国际动物命名法典的原则.
- 化石证据的分析,包括地质层和形态特征.
主要成果:
- "直立人"的原始出版物被证实为1892年第三季度的实地工作报告,而不是1893年.
- 原始全型包括三种化石:一根牙,一根骨头和一根大腿骨,但它们的个人归属是不确定的.
- 由于地平面和形态上的差异,大腿骨和骨不太可能是原始全型的一部分.
- 特里尼尔卡洛特 (Trinil calotte) 被确定为最合适的名字标本.
结论:
- 命名和类型标本的直立人需要精确的分类学定义.
- 特里尼尔卡洛特是Homo erectus最可靠的命名标本.
- 澄清这些分类学问题对于理解人类进化至关重要.
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