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The History of Hesperopithecus: The Human-Ape Link that Turned Out to Be a Pig

机译:猿猴上皮的历史:原来是猪的人猿联系

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L'"Uomo del Nebraska" rappresenta uno dei più grossi errori di identificazione nella storia dell'antropologia fìsica. Nel 1922 fu rinvenuto nel Nebraska un dente molare che venne considerato da molti eminenti paleontologi, tra i quali il direttore dell'American Museum of Naturai History, come appartenente ad un primate a metà strada tra la scimmia e l'uomo, denominato Hesperopithecus. Qualche anno dopo, il reperto si rivelò essere un dente di maiale. La storia dell' "uomo del Nebraska" costituisce un esempio di come idee preconcette possano influenzare l'interpretazione dei dati empirici.%Nebraska Man was a fossil discovery that was regarded by several leading experts as important in understanding evolutionary history. The only evidence for this anthropod was a single tooth (which turned out to be a pigs' tooth). The discovery and controversy surrounding the Nebraska Man (Hesperopithecus haroldcookii hominoidea) fossil find and its importance in history are reviewed. Its supporters' writings reveal the critical role that preconceptions played in interpreting the limited evidence. Nebraska Man provides a valuable lesson on the importance of presumptions in interpreting evidence in the field of human origins. It also stresses the need for careful evaluation of the empirical evidence for new ideas, and the danger of going beyond what the facts warrant.
机译:“内布拉斯加州人”代表了自然人类学历史上最大的识别错误之一。 1922年,在内布拉斯加州发现了一颗臼齿,许多著名的古生物学家都认为这是一颗臼齿,其中包括美国自然历史博物馆的馆长,它属于介于猴子和人之间的灵长类动物,称为Hesperopithecus。几年后,发现竟然是猪牙。 “内布拉斯加人”的历史就是先入为主的观念如何影响经验数据解释的一个例子。%内布拉斯加人是化石发现,几位主要专家认为这对理解进化史很重要。这种节肢动物的唯一证据是一颗牙齿(原来是猪的牙齿)。回顾了内布拉斯加人(Hesperopithecus haroldcookii hominoidea)化石的发现和争议及其在历史上的重要性。其支持者的著作揭示了先入之见在解释有限证据方面所起的关键作用。内布拉斯加州男子提供了宝贵的教训,说明推定在解释人类起源领域的证据方面的重要性。它还强调需要仔细评估新思想的经验证据,以及超越事实需要的危险。

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    《Rivista di Biologia》 |2006年第2期|p.287-306|共20页
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    Gerald Bergman;

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    Northwest State College, 22-600 State Rt. 43, Archbold, Ohio 43543, U.S.A.;

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