COM.on C.A.2:e3/17-21
Online published on Jul.
16, 2008.doi:10.4236/coca.2008.21003
COM.on C.A.2:e3/17-21
Online published on Jul.
16, 2008.ZOU Fei
Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 China
ABSTRACT: The methodology of current ancient human fossil studies is mainly the entities measurement. In this paper, the author tried to speculate the ancient human intellectual level based on Vertex-Prosthion Height Rate (λ). λ is a value defined by the author as the ratio of vertex(v)-porion(po) vertical distance to porion-prosthion(pr) vertical distance. The author collected the side-view pictures of various ancient human skulls from different periods, measured the λ value, fitted the relevant curve and function by using 104/year as abscissa and ln λ as ordinate, and contrasted the trend of the function and the trend of human civilization development. Accordingly, the author concluded that λ value is positively correlated to the ancient human intellectual level.
Key words: Ancient human intellectual level; Skull measurement; Vertex-Prosthion Height Rate
Recieved: Jun.12, 2008 Accepted: Jul. 15,2008 Corresponding: 06301010171@fudan.edu.cn
《现代人类学通讯》第二卷e3篇 第17-21页 2008年7月16日网上发行
研究报告
依据颅颚比高值对古人类智力水平演化的推断
邹飞
复旦大学医学院临床医学系，上海 200433
摘要：目前对古人类化石的研究主要集中在实体测量方面，本文提出了基于颅颚比高值(λ)的古人类智力水平的推断。λ值是作者自定的一个概念，即在法兰克福平面上，颅顶点(vertex, V)、外耳门上缘点(porion, po)和上齿槽前缘点(prosthion, pr)三个点在垂直方向上的距离的比值。作者通过搜集各个时期古人类的颅骨侧面图，并对λ值进行了测量，以104/年为横坐标，lnλ为纵坐标拟合出了相关的曲线和函数，并根据函数的所反映的趋势与古人类文明的发展趋势作了对比，得到了古人类的智力水平基本与λ值大小基本呈正相关的结论。
关键词：古人类智力水平；颅骨测量；颅颚比高值(λ)
收稿日期：2008年6月12日 修回日期：2008年7月15日 联系人:邹飞 06301010171@fudan.edu.cn
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