An ape-man skull-fossil has been excavated in a karst near the city Nanjing.This is the firstevent that such a kind of discovery occurred to the south of Yangzi River.Palaeoanthropologists suggest that this is an impo...An ape-man skull-fossil has been excavated in a karst near the city Nanjing.This is the firstevent that such a kind of discovery occurred to the south of Yangzi River.Palaeoanthropologists suggest that this is an important discovery in palaeoanthropology afterthe Sinanthropus pekinensis,the Sinanthropus lantienensis and the Sinanthropus yuanmounensis展开更多
This excellent volume fills a much needed gap in making available to western scholarsmany of the important developments in paleoanthropology in the People’s Republic of China.Discoveries in other parts of the world s...This excellent volume fills a much needed gap in making available to western scholarsmany of the important developments in paleoanthropology in the People’s Republic of China.Discoveries in other parts of the world such as Europe and particularly Africa have often over-shadowed the valuable contributions stemming from work in China since the end of the CulturalRevolution.The editors of this volume must be congratulated for their efforts and particularlyfor providing in Chapter 1,a review chapter,an extensive and very useful bibliography.展开更多
Computed tomography(CT)has influenced numerous fields since its inception in the 1970s.The field of palaeoanthropology significantly benefited from this efficient and non-invasive medium in terms of the conservation,r...Computed tomography(CT)has influenced numerous fields since its inception in the 1970s.The field of palaeoanthropology significantly benefited from this efficient and non-invasive medium in terms of the conservation,reconstruction and analysis of fossil human remains.Over the past decade,there has been a steady increase in the number of forensic anthropological studies incorporating virtual osteological analyses.Because of the increasing importance of these modern cross-sectional imaging techniques and the requirement for standardized parameters in forensic science,we deemed it important to outline the history and development of CT applications in these related academic areas.The present paper outlines the history of“virtual anthropology”and osteological multi-detector CT in the context of palaeoanthropology and forensic anthropology.展开更多
文摘An ape-man skull-fossil has been excavated in a karst near the city Nanjing.This is the firstevent that such a kind of discovery occurred to the south of Yangzi River.Palaeoanthropologists suggest that this is an important discovery in palaeoanthropology afterthe Sinanthropus pekinensis,the Sinanthropus lantienensis and the Sinanthropus yuanmounensis
文摘This excellent volume fills a much needed gap in making available to western scholarsmany of the important developments in paleoanthropology in the People’s Republic of China.Discoveries in other parts of the world such as Europe and particularly Africa have often over-shadowed the valuable contributions stemming from work in China since the end of the CulturalRevolution.The editors of this volume must be congratulated for their efforts and particularlyfor providing in Chapter 1,a review chapter,an extensive and very useful bibliography.
文摘Computed tomography(CT)has influenced numerous fields since its inception in the 1970s.The field of palaeoanthropology significantly benefited from this efficient and non-invasive medium in terms of the conservation,reconstruction and analysis of fossil human remains.Over the past decade,there has been a steady increase in the number of forensic anthropological studies incorporating virtual osteological analyses.Because of the increasing importance of these modern cross-sectional imaging techniques and the requirement for standardized parameters in forensic science,we deemed it important to outline the history and development of CT applications in these related academic areas.The present paper outlines the history of“virtual anthropology”and osteological multi-detector CT in the context of palaeoanthropology and forensic anthropology.
