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1. Sinanthropus pekinensis and his significance for the problem of human evolution

1. Sinanthropus pekinensis and his significance for the problem of human evolution Sinant/iropus pekinensis and his significance for the problem of human evolution For mafly years our knowledge of fossil man was restricted to almost one group of types combined under the term of Homo primigeahus or Nean- These types are characterized by numerous peculiarities by derthal man. which they differ from present mankind and by which they prove their more in addition to that group, there existed a fossil form of primitive nature. uncertain classification, namely the type represented by the famous skull cap of Trinil, which its discoverer Eug. Dubois considered to be a kind of missing link between the anthropoids and hominids and termed it Pithecanthropus. The correct judgement of morphological characters of human remains is often impaired by too much stress being laid upon the geological conditions and the unreserved acceptance of the idea that remains derived from older geological strata must under all circumstances reveal more primitive particul- arities than such from younger levels. This belief led to the conclusion that certain characteristics of recent man must be considered typical for bominids from the beginning of their differentiation and that the retention of the original primitiveness would therefore represent a more or less rundamental difference between http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) Wiley

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Copyright © 1939 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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1000-9515
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1755-6724
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10.1111/j.1755-6724.1939.mp19001001.x
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Sinant/iropus pekinensis and his significance for the problem of human evolution For mafly years our knowledge of fossil man was restricted to almost one group of types combined under the term of Homo primigeahus or Nean- These types are characterized by numerous peculiarities by derthal man. which they differ from present mankind and by which they prove their more in addition to that group, there existed a fossil form of primitive nature. uncertain classification, namely the type represented by the famous skull cap of Trinil, which its discoverer Eug. Dubois considered to be a kind of missing link between the anthropoids and hominids and termed it Pithecanthropus. The correct judgement of morphological characters of human remains is often impaired by too much stress being laid upon the geological conditions and the unreserved acceptance of the idea that remains derived from older geological strata must under all circumstances reveal more primitive particul- arities than such from younger levels. This belief led to the conclusion that certain characteristics of recent man must be considered typical for bominids from the beginning of their differentiation and that the retention of the original primitiveness would therefore represent a more or less rundamental difference between

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Published: Mar 1, 1939

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