已故著名古脊椎动物学家杨钟健先生1973年曾在《化石》第一期上撰文,题为《文字初期鲸的征服》,介绍了我国鲸鱼遗存和化石的发现。除了一些沿海地区外,在距海较远的内地古代遗址中,也有鲸类残骸出土。据此,杨先生推断认为:“显然是由人类搬运而来,加以应用的。”对于古人最初是用何手段获取鲸鱼的,杨先生比较谨慎,没有明确论定。 The late famous vertebrate vertebrate zoologist Yang Zhongjian wrote an article in the first issue of Fossil in 1973 titled “The Conquest of Early Whale in Characters.” This article introduces the discovery of whale remains and fossils in China. Except for some coastal areas, cetacean wreckage is also found in the ancient sites in the interior of the mainland far away from the sea. Accordingly, Mr. Yang inferred: “Obviously, it is handled by human beings and applied.” Mr. Yang was cautious about what the ancients used to get their whales initially, and there is no clear formula.