世界史
霍尔
Part 1 Ancient History 古代史
第一章 我们从哪里来
1.Origin of the Human 人类的起源
The Evolution of Ape-man 猿人的进化
The ape-man(formerly know as Homo erectus)is an extinctspecies of hominid that originated in Africa,and spread as far as India,China and Java,about 1.8 to 1.3 million years ago.
图片: 猿人复原图
The first theory is that ape-man migrated from Africa during the Early Pleistocene,possibly as a result of the operation of the Saharan pump,around 2.0 million years ago,and dispersed throughout much of the Old World.Fossilized remains 1.8 to 1 million years old have been found in Africa(e.g.,Lake Turkana and Olduvai Gorge),Europe(Georgiaand Spain),Indonesia(e.g.,Sangiran and Trinil),Vietnam,China(e.g.,Shaanxi)and India.
The second theory is that ape-man evolved in Asia and then migratedto Africa.The species…