I problemi delle origini dell'Uomo e la Paleontologia
Although fossil remains of Prehominids and Hominids are scarce and dubious for most of the Tertiary era, that is not true for the end of the Tertiary and through the Quaternary. For this period many forms are found which are classified among the Prehominids and the Hominids. The discoveries have bee...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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1978
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Gregorianum
Year: 1978, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 511-535 |
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| Summary: | Although fossil remains of Prehominids and Hominids are scarce and dubious for most of the Tertiary era, that is not true for the end of the Tertiary and through the Quaternary. For this period many forms are found which are classified among the Prehominids and the Hominids. The discoveries have been especially frequent in most recent years. Localities particularly rich in such fossils are southern, eastern, and northern Africa, the island of Java, and not least Europe. The discoveries are classified with these names: Australopithecines, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis, and Homo sapiens sapiens. For some of these forms morphology leaves no doubts. For others it is highly controversial. Various intermediate forms have also been found. If the problem of the direct or indirect phyletic link between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens is solved unanimously in the affirmative, many problems concerning origins remain open. What is the relation between Homo erectus and Australopithecines? When did Man appear, in the philosophical or theological sense? Can he be identified with the Homo of the anthropologists? Was the process of hominization monophyletic or polyphyletic? Even if monophyletic process seems more probable, monogenism of initial couples does not seem scientifically probable. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Gregorianum
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