征程-从鱼到人的生命之旅

本书特色

★32开精装，科学普及出版社出版

★一套由科学家撰写的中英文双语、图文并茂、青少年及成人都适合阅读的科普读物

★不仅回答了“我们从哪里来”，还让我们看到生命演化历程中充满的惊奇、偶然与不可思议

★*次精心呈现我国特有的绽放着几亿年生命之美的高清晰化石图片和结构复原图系

★将这纵横5亿年的历史讲得生动有趣，恢弘而不失其细节，充满了形象的比喻和深刻的思考

★荣获第十一届文津图书奖，英国自然杂志倾力推荐图书，当选新京报“2015年度*美的书”

★采用中英独立成册并相互对照关联的版式，外加特殊的半盒状腰封，各处细节颇具匠心

★附赠一张精美海报

本书以中国的15个古生物类群为轴，以脊椎动物演化历程为纬，描绘了从鱼到人的伟大征程。其中既有化石的细节勾连，又有9个关键演化转折点的奇妙故事，将5亿年的历史讲得生动有趣，恢弘而不失其细节，充满了形象的比喻和深刻的思考。这本书不仅回答了“我们从哪里来”，还让我们看到生命演化历程中充满的惊奇、偶然与不可思议，将知识性、历史性以及有趣的学术新观点融为一体，是古生物原创科普图书的一次首创。其中*大的看点是依据中国的化石，解释了这个亘古弥新的话题：人是从哪里来的，未来又将走向何处？

很多人对人类演化的认识还停留在“人是黑猩猩变的”这种粗浅的认知。实际上通过现代研究，科学家们已经证实了人类与黑猩猩都是从古猿类演化出来的平行分支，和现在任何一种猩猩猴子都没有关系。再往前推，古猿是怎么演化出来的呢？古猿的祖先又是谁呢？

身为人类，我们也许都没有意识到能走到今天这一步，我们现在能处在这个时代有多么幸运。人类是怎样演化而来，未来何去何从，这一切疑问，我们都能在这本《征程：从鱼到人的生命之旅》里找到答案。

内容简介

本书由来自科研一线的加拿大、中国和澳大利亚学者共同创作完成,主要讲述了中国脊椎动物的进化历程,全书分为古生代、中生代和新生代三大章,挑取有代表性的动物群介绍脊椎动物进化历程中的重大转变,辅以丰富高清的化石图片和生态复原图,可以给予读者身临其境之感.为古动物爱好者和研究者的基础入门之书,中英文双语对照,书中珍贵的古生物化石和生态复原图均出自专业摄影师和研究者之手,科学而美观

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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*为丰富、*具权威性、并且*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。

this is an excellent science outreach book in the field of palaeontology, unique in content and written in a sophisticated manner. the distinctive characteristics of 15 representative fossil faunas from china are described, and nine key transitions in vertebrate evolution are vividly outlined. this book not only will broaden the horizons of its readers, but also is imbued with literary and artistic grace.

孙革（中国古生物学会副理事长、沈阳师范大学古生物学院院长）

sun ge (vice president of the palaeontological society of china, director of the palaeontology college of shenyang normal university)



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human beings have a boundless desire to explore natural history, and fossils are among the important keys that can unlock this impulse. this is a book about fossils, but also beyond fossils. too few good books of this kind are published.

孟庆金（中国自然科学博物馆协会副理事长、北京自然博物馆馆长）

meng qingjin (vice president of the chinese association of natural science museums, director of the beijing museum of natural history)



中国是现今世界古生物发现领域*迷人的地方。从揭示*早脊椎动物动物起源的化石，到见证我们自己所属人种早期演化的产地，其间又穿越了白垩纪令人震惊的恐龙和翼龙时代——所有这些你都可以在这本书中见到！不用多说，这就是古生物爱好者的**书！

china is the most fascinating source of paleontological discoveries in the world right now. from fossils shedding light on the origin of vertebrates to fantastic sites that bear witness to some of the early stages in the evolution of our own species, passing through astonishing dinosaurs and pterosaurs from cretaceous strata – it's all here in this marvelous book! a must for any paleo-enthusiast!

alexander kellner（巴西科学院院士、巴西国家博物馆、里约联邦大学教授）

alexander kellner (academician of the brazilian academy of sciences, professor at the national museum of the federal university of rio de janeiro, brazil)



这是对中国丰富的脊椎动物化石产地一次精彩的、*新的介绍。不仅所记述的化石发现非常之新，而且这一国际作者团队以其独特的视角深入阐述了这些发现的重要意义。文字优美且插图精致。

a wonderful, up-to-date account of the rich fossil vertebrate sites of china. the discoveries are very new, and the authors are an international team that can give unique insights into the discoveries and their meaning. a beautifully written and illustrated book.

michael benton（国际古生物协会前任主席、英国布里斯托大学教授）

michael benton (former president of the international palaeontological association, professor at the university of bristol, england)



中国有天赐的、精彩的化石记录，从带羽毛的恐龙、寒武纪生命大爆发的遗迹，到巨型海百合间游动的海怪。但语言的障碍让西方读者无法一窥究竟。这本书的作者将这些化石发现连同中国古生物学的研究一并呈现于此，其中也包括做出这些重要发现的中外学者的图像档案。

china is blessed with a spectacular fossil record populated with feathered dinosaurs, fallout from the cambrian explosion, and sea serpents swimming among giant crinoids, but the language barrier has hindered them from becoming familiar to western readers. here the authors present these discoveries alongside the long and fascinating history of paleontological research in china, with archival images of the foreign adventurers and homegrown scientists who made the discoveries.

james m. clark（美国乔治华盛顿大学教授，世界知名恐龙学者）

james m. clark (professor at george washington university, united states of america, and renowned dinosaur expert)







在过去的几十年间，中国发现了许多珍贵的脊椎动物化石，贯穿脊椎动物五亿年的演化历史。这本书对上述重要发现以及发现的过程进行了一册在手式的、图文并茂的介绍。

in recent decades, china has yielded a wealth of spectacular fossils that span a period of some 500 million years and have already rewritten many chapters of the history of back-boned animals. this book presents an easily accessible, richly illustrated survey of the key discoveries and the history of their exploration.

hans-dieter sues（美国史密斯研究院国家自然历史博物馆高级馆员，加拿大皇家学会会员，美国科学促进会会员）

hans-dieter sues (senior scientist and curator of vertebrate paleontology at the national museum of natural history of the smithsonian institution, united states of america, fellow of the royal society of canada and the american association for the advancement of science)





这是一本时髦而大胆的著作，里面有惊人的图片和丰富的文字信息，通过来自中国的众多壮观的化石发现，讲述了我们人类自己进化的恢弘故事。中国的古生物学填补了生命进化过程中的一系列重要空白，而这本书正是对他们世界级的化石发现的*好的视觉庆祝。

a sassy, bold book with stunning images and enjoyable, informative text telling the grand narrative of our own evolution through china’s many spectacular fossil discoveries. chinese palaeontology has filled some of the biggest gaps in the evolution of life, and this book is a visual celebration of their world class fossil finds.

john long（古脊椎动物学会主席、澳大利亚弗林德斯大学教授）

john long (president of the society of vertebrate paleontology, professor at flinders university, australia)



这是由三位**科学家所讲述的关于中国化石的故事。它是视觉信息和高质量文字的完美结合，包含了精美而信息丰富的照片、绘图和其他形式的插图，超过了*苛刻的读者关于卓越的标准。

this book on the fossils of china is a perfect blend of visual information and high quality, detailed story telling by three leading scientists. this book contains beautiful and informative photos, drawings, and other forms of illustration, exceeding the standards of excellence of the most demanding readers.

robert reisz（加拿大多伦多大学教授，美国科学促进会会员）

robert reisz (professor at university of toronto, canada and fellow of the american association for the advancement of science)





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tracing the backbone in china’s rocks



xu xing relishes a bilingual book on the evolution of vertebrate life in his fabulously fossil-rich country.



china’s rich fossil resources have supplied many firsts — discoveries that have rewritten and helped to construct evolutionary history. the bilingual (english and chinese) from fish to human summarizes and highlights the spectacular chinese vertebrate fossil record and its place in the broader span of vertebrate life.



this volume, rich with illustrations, was produced by an international team of vertebrate palaeontologists. corwin sullivan wrote the english text with input from the other authors, wang yuan did the chinese translation and brian choo pro?duced the illustrations. (i work alongside all three, but was not involved with this book.) their effort has produced an excel?lent resource.



from fish to human describes 15 chinese faunas — collections of fossils of a similar age from the same general area — that highlight every major geological time period from the early cambrian to the late pleistocene epoch. the cambrian chengjiang biota, for example, dating to around 525 million years ago, contains the oldest known diverse multicellular animals, including the earliest vertebrates, such as the primitive, fishlike haikouichthys. it is shedding light on the rapid diversification of life known as the cambrian explosion.



flamboyant feathered dinosaurs from the roughly 125-million-year-old jehol biota, such as the four-winged microraptor and the gigantic tyrannosaur yutyrannus, have garnered much public attention; less known are the earlier silurian xiaoxiang and devonian zhongning faunas. the authors explain how discoveries from these have helped to establish the evolution of important structures such as jaws and limbs. entelognathus from xiaoxiang, for example, is a placoderm, or armoured fish, with the jawed face of an osteichthyan, or bony fish — a finding that blurs the bound-ary between major vertebrate groups.



each fauna or group of faunas is followed by a concise review of a related evolutionary transition. so the dis?cussion of how feath?ers evolved into their modern form fol-lows a description of the jehol biota, which yielded much of the fossil evidence for it.



the balance between specific discoveries and general evolutionary history allows a clear and current understanding of verte?brate evolution, and showcases the beauty of the extinct animals. thus stunning pho?tographs, for example of the exquisitely preserved fossils from the chengjiang biota, sit alongside remarkable reconstruc-tions of creatures and habitats. informative drawings show the family trees of major vertebrate groups and biological structures such as tetrapod limbs.

作者简介

舒柯文
加拿大维多利亚大学本科毕业，多伦多大学获得硕士，美国哈佛大学的博士毕业生。现为中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所副研究员，兼任学术刊物《古脊椎动物学报》的英文编辑。经常在中国和他的故乡加拿大进行野外古生物考察。不忙野外的时候会在研究所做恐龙和其他中生代脊椎动物的研究，或者努力学习汉语。这本书是他对古生物科普的首次主要尝试。
Corwin Sullivan is an associate research professor of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Victoria, Canada before going on to earn an MSc degree at the University of Toronto at Mississauga and a PhD at Harvard University. He is the English editor of Vertebrata PalAsiatica, the Institute’s peer-reviewed scientific journal. When not busy with fieldwork in China or his native Canada, he pursues research focussing on dinosaurs and other Mesozoic vertebrates at the Institute, and studing Chinese hard in leisure time. From Fish to Human: the March of Vertebrate Life in China is his first major science outreach effort.

王原
本科毕业于北京大学地质系古生物及地层专业，曾赴美留学获文学硕士，在中国科学院获得博士学位。现为中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所研究员，曾获中国国家自然科学奖和中国科学院杰出科技成就奖。发现和采集了很多重要的脊椎动物化石，喜欢研究化石青蛙和化石蝾螈。他倾尽心力担任的中国古动物馆馆长一职，决定了他还是讲述中国恐龙故事的高手。
Wang Yuan graduated from the Geology Department of Peking University and received his second MS degree in the US and his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is now a research professor of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CAS, and serves as director of the Paleozoological Museum of China. He has been awarded China’s National Prize for Natural Sciences and the Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has discovered and collected many important vertebrate fossils, and loves to study fossil frogs and salamanders. As the diligent director of a palaeontological museum in China, he also excels at telling the stories of Chinese dinosaurs.

Brian Choo
生于新加坡，少年移居澳大利亚，本科毕业于默多克大学，在澳大利亚国立大学获得博士学位，后在中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所做博士后研究（2009-2013），现就职于澳大利亚弗林德斯大学。他的主要研究方向是志留纪和泥盆纪的化石鱼类，偶尔也发表一些中生代海洋爬行动物的论文。他还是位自学成才的画家，曾为学术论文、科普文章、博物馆展览、图书、电视纪录片等绘制古代生命的科学复原图。
Brian Choo, currently at Flinders University, was born in Singapore but moved to Australia at a young age. He graduated from Murdoch University and received his PhD at the Australian National University before going on to work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, from 2009 to 2013. His research has focused primarily on fossil fishes from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, but he has also published occasional papers on Mesozoic marine reptiles. As a self-taught illustrator, he has provided scientifically rigorous life-reconstructions of fossil animals for academic papers, popular articles, museum exhibits, books and television documentaries.