众所周知,化学化石一词是由埃格林顿和卡尔文(1967)提出的。在这以前,曾发表过福克斯(1944)的生物化学化石、埃格林顿(Rutten,1966)的化学化石和鲁顿的分子化石等名称,但最终均未被广泛采用。 化学化石是从分子观点研究有机物时所使用的名词,是指来自化石及残留在沉积物内的过去的生物,即古生物的分子。 本文从有机地球化学观点或从地质学观点着眼,试图探讨究竟怎样研究化学化石为好,并以氨基酸的研究为例作了说明。 It is well known that the term chemical fossil was proposed by Egglington and Calvin (1967). Prior to this, the biochemical fossils of Fox (1944), the chemical fossils of Rutten (1966), and the molecular fossils of Luton were published, but were never widely adopted. Chemical fossils are terms used when studying organic matter from a molecular point of view and refer to fossils and past organisms that remain in sediments, ie, paleontological molecules. This article from the organic geochemical point of view or from the geological point of view, trying to explore exactly how to study chemical fossils is good, and the amino acid study as an example to illustrate.