古脊椎动物学与古人类学是通过化石发现认识自然界和自身进化历史的科学,一直是自然科学界相当活跃的领域。中国幅员广阔,地层发育齐全,化石丰富而多彩。不少脊椎动物重要门类在我国出现时代早,原始类型多,有利于探讨重大生命起源事件;许多重要古生物学理论问题的解决、也有赖于我国化石材料的发现与研究。 Paleo-vertebrate and paleoeological anthropology is a science that finds its natural history and its own evolutionary history through fossils and has been a very active field in the natural sciences. China has a vast area with well-developed stratums and rich and colorful fossils. Many important categories of vertebrate appear in our country earlier times and more primitive types, which are conducive to discussing the events of major life events. The solution of many important paleontological theoretical problems also depend on the discovery and research of fossil materials in China.