exactly how old feathers are, in evolutionary terms, is a matter of profound uncertainty.
从演化的角度观察，“羽毛的具体产生时间”是个很难回答的问题。

第10章 the wangshi fauna: a vast dinosaurian necropolis
王氏动物群：巨大的恐龙墓场
shandong is an appropriate setting for a rich trove of bones from a late chapter in the history of one of the greatest dynasties of all, that of the mesozoic dinosaurs.
由此可见，这里作为中生代恐龙帝国余辉篇章的化石产地，的确十分合适。

part three cenozoic
the triumph of mammals
第三篇 新生代
哺乳动物的大捷

第11章 the qianshan fauna: life after the apocalypse
潜山动物群：劫难后的新生
if niches in an ecosystem are like jobs in an economy, then mass extinctions create vacancies that are automatically filled by the first suitable candidates to step forward.
如果把生态系统中的生态位比做经济领域中的职场职位，那么生物大灭绝所创造的空位会自然而然地被那些*早适应的“求职者”所填补。

第12章 the shara murun fauna: hooves, horns and rams
沙拉木伦动物群：各种各样的蹄子和角
what granger thought of lending his name to a large, and quite possibly aggressive and ill-tempered, eocene herbivore is uncertain.
至于格兰杰博士对把他的姓氏授予这种巨型、好斗、脾气暴躁的始新世食草动物是什么心情，我们就不得而知了。

第13章 the shanwang biota: almost like today
山旺生物群：往昔如今
most of the major groups of vertebrates that dominate our modern world were already thriving in the miocene, whereas the brontotheres and many other characteristic denizens of earlier cenozoic epochs had long since succumbed to extinction.
现今统治地球的大多数脊椎动物的主要类群，在中新世时已经十分繁盛，而雷兽和其他诸多新生代早期的居民们则早已灭绝。

第14章 the hezheng biota: horses, hogs and hyenas
和政生物群：马、猪和鬣狗们
however, the story of horses also exemplifies the baroque complexity of evolution, in that considerable diversification took place at every stage of the slow canter from eocene horses to equus.
马类演化的故事是典型的巴洛克风格——的确非常复杂：从只会慢跑的始新世马类到健步如飞的真马类，演化过程中的各个阶段都伴随着显著的多样性分异。

第15章 the zhoukoudian fauna: the first beijingers
周口店古人类遗址：*早的“北京人”
the hyenas could easily have killed occasional peking folk or seized the bodies of individuals who had died of other causes, devouring them in the fissure and leaving only fragments of shattered bone.
鬣狗会很容易杀死偶遇的北京人，或把因其他原因死去的北京人尸体带回裂隙，大快朵颐，然后留下满地的碎骨。

[key transition 9: ecce homo] 大事件9：人类的黎明
in recent decades it has become clear from a variety of evidence, but above all from genetics, that humans are especially closely related to the african apes known as chimpanzees.
*近几十年越来越多的证据，特别是遗传学证据清晰地显示，人类与非洲的现生猿类——黑猩猩的亲缘关系特别近。

concluding thoughts: the march continues, under fire
结语：演化在“枪林弹雨中”继续
a strong case can be made that a sixth mass extinction is unfolding in our modern world, as a result of human activity.
可以很有理由地说，由于人类的活动，我们现在的地球正在经历第六次大灭绝。

afterword 后记

further reading 延展阅读

appendix 1: locations of major vertebrate fossil sites in china
附录1：中国主要的脊椎动物（含人类）化石产地

appendix 2: chinese museums that display fossils to the public
附录2：中国含古生物展陈的博物馆名录

index of genus names used in the book
本书中使用的生物属名的索引

征程-从鱼到人的生命之旅 相关资料

这是迄今为止我所知道的，基于中国的精美化石宝库描绘“从鱼到人”的故事中，内容最为丰富、最具权威性、并且最有趣味的一本书。我有理由相信，这本书将成为经典，并为世界各国的读者所喜爱。

this is by far, in my opinion, the most content-rich, authoritative, and interesting book which describes the journey “from fish to human” based on chinese lagerst?tten. i believe this book will become a classic, loved by readers from all over the world.

周忠和（中国科学院院士、国际古生物协会主席）

zhou zhonghe (academician of the chinese academy of sciences, president of the international palaeontological association)



这是一部优秀的古生物科普读物。立意新颖，创作精心。15个具有代表性的中国古生物群各具特色，脊椎动物九大演化事件的介绍形象生动。不仅从科学知识方面扩展了读者视野，也处处浸透着文学与艺术的风采。

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