欧洲最古老的人类化石发现于希腊

最新研究表明，欧洲最古老的人类化石发现于希腊

A new study on two fossilized human skulls discovered in southern Greece in the late 1970s could reveal details on the human migration in Eurasia, Greek media reported on Thursday.

据希腊媒体本周四报道，对上世纪70年代末，在希腊南部发现的两具人头骨化石进行的一项新研究，有望揭示人类在欧亚大陆迁徙的细节。

A skull dated to more than 210,000 years ago represents the oldest human fossil outside of Africa, according to the researchers.

研究人员称，一具超过21万年前的头骨是非洲以外最古老的人类化石。

The skull would become the oldest Homo Sapiens fossil found in Europe.

这具头骨将成为欧洲发现的最古老的智人化石。

Another skull dated to more than 170,000 years ago has a Neanderthal-like morphological pattern.

另一具可追溯到17万多年前的头骨，具有类似尼安德特人的形态模式。

"These results suggest that two human groups were present at the site; an early Homo sapiens population, followed by a Neanderthal population," head researcher Katerina Harvati, a Greek professor of paleoanthropology at the University of Tubingen in Germany explained speaking to AMNA following Wednesday's official announcement.

“这些结果表明，该遗址存在两个人类群体：早期智人群体，随后是尼安德特人群体。”德国图宾根大学(University of Tubingen)古人类学希腊教授、首席研究员卡特琳娜·哈瓦蒂(Katerina Harvati)在周三的官方声明发表后向AMNA解释道。

"Our findings support multiple dispersal of early modern humans out of Africa and highlight the complex demographic processes that characterized human evolution and modern human presence in southeast Europe," Greek media quoted Harvati on Thursday.

希腊媒体周四援引哈瓦蒂的话说:“我们的研究结果，支持了早期现代人从非洲向外的多次迁徙，并突显出人类进化和现代人类在欧洲东南部存在的复杂过程。”

The two skulls (named Apidima 1 and 2) were found together in the late 1970s in the Apidima Cave located in the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece.

这两个头骨(分别命名为Apidima 1和Apidima 2)于上世纪70年代末，在希腊南部伯罗奔尼撒半岛的Apidima洞穴中被发现。

The team from Greece, Germany and Britain virtually reconstructed both skulls, provided detailed comparative descriptions and analyses, and dated them using uranium radiometric methods.

来自希腊、德国和英国的研究小组几乎重建了这两个头骨，提供了详细的对比描述和分析，并使用铀放射性测定方法，对它们进行了年代测定。

"As a Greek, I wish that research will continue in Greece. I believe our country has much more to contribute to Paleoanthropology science," Harvati said.

“作为一名希腊人，我希望研究能在希腊继续下去。我相信我们的国家对古人类科学还有更多的贡献。”哈瓦蒂表示。