title: The Primate Fossil Record (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology)
author: Walter Carl Hartwig
description: "The taxonomic and historical coverage of this landmark volume is remarkably inclusive, and the quality of the individual chapters and of the illustrations is high...this volume is destined to become an indispensable reference work for anyone interested in the mammalian fossil record, primate origins, or in human evolution...The book is a magnificent accomplishment which will set the standard in the field for years to come." Biodiversity<br /><br />"The volume provides a valuable reference on finds in the last two decades and current interpretations and controversies...The Primate Fossil Record is a superb book and an extraordinary accomplishment by Hartwig. It will be an invaluable source for all vertebrate paleontologists who work in the Cenozoic and for biologists interested in the evolution of the Order Primates." Quarterly Review of Biology<br /><br />"This valuable new volume challenges significant components of the normal view of primate history...The Primate Fossil Record could be the centerpiece of an excellent graduate seminar on the history and practice of systematics and paleontology...an excellent resource." Journal of Mammalogy<br /><br />"...a welcome addition to anyone's shelf--especially university libraries. The book fulfills its job as a primary reference of fossil primates." Journal of Anthropological Research<br /><br />"This volume, carefully edited and arranged by Walter Hartwig, is a necessary addition to what has become an almost exploding field of endeavor, the study of our won human and other primate evolutionary lines...a treasure-trove of up-to-date descriptive and interpretative summaries...all of the chapters are of a high quality, and will provide important up-to-date reviews of these fossil primates. The photographs are exceptionally good, and it is a pleasure to have this volume in my possession. This will be a must for any paleoanthropologist or paleontologist workng on fossil primates. The Editor and Cambridge deserve kudos for this product." Human Nature Review<br /><br />"The Primate Fossil Record should prove useful and be a benchmark for subsequent primate evaluations." Canadian Palaeobiology<br /><br />"This is the first book in more than 20 years to offer a complete and relatively detailed survey of the paleontology of primates, the zoological group including humans, apes, monkeys, lemurs, and our extinct relatives.... Hartwig has done an excellent job of organizing and editing a disparate set of surveys. The overall bibliography and author/taxon indexes add to the book's value. Recommended for general as well as anthropological, zoological, and natural history collections." Choice<br /><br />"This is an admirable effort to provide a concentrated and uniform treatment of the fossil record of that mammalian order of primary interest to our ever-anthropocentric selves....This book...will serve as a starting point for professionals and advanced students for years to come." Reports<br /><br />"a valuable resource for all physical anthropologists and primate paleontologists." Journal of Paleontology Russell L. Ciochon<br /><br />" I can only sit back and marvel at the amount of effort it must have taken contributors to amass such comprehensive and detailed accounts of the fossil records of their particular taxonomic groups and time periods... although by no means an introductory text, the coverage of the volume, its relative detail and the quality of the contributions will make The Primate Fossil Record are essential reading for many years to come." Sarah Elton, Reviews in Anthropology
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  **目录**
  
  《自然》百年科学经典（英汉对照版）
  
  Significance of the Australopithecinae
  
  南方古猿亚科发现的意义
  
  Australopithecinae or Dartians
  
  南方古猿亚科或达特猿
  
  Discovery of a New Skull of the South African Ape-Man, _Plesianthropus_
  
  一件新的南非猿人——迩人头骨的发现
  
  Processes Involving Charged Mesons
  
  涉及带电介子的过程
  
  Jaw of the Male Sterkfontein Ape-Man
  
  斯泰克方丹男性猿人的颌骨
  
  A Floating Magnet
  
  悬浮的磁体
  
  Observations on the Tracks of Slow Mesons in Photographic Emulsions
  
  感光乳胶中慢介子径迹的观测
  
  Evidence for the Existence of New Unstable Elementary Particles
  
  新的不稳定基本粒子存在的证据
  
  A New Microscopic Principle
  
  一种新的显微原理
  
  African Fossil Primates Discovered during 1947
  
  1947年间发现的非洲灵长类化石
  
  A (?) Promethean _Australopithecus_ from Makapansgat Valley
  
  在马卡潘斯盖河谷发现的一种普罗米修斯南方古猿（尚未确定）
  
  Another New Type of Fossil Ape-Man
  
  又一新型猿人化石
  
  Observations with Electron-Sensitive Plates Exposed to Cosmic Radiation
  
  在宇宙辐射下曝光的电子敏感底片的观测
  
  A New Type of Fossil Man
  
  一种新型人类化石
  
  New Evidence on the Antiquity of Piltdown Man
  
  皮尔当人年代的新证据
  
  Ape or Man?
  
  是猿类还是人类？
  
  Spiral Growt