经济学人:最古老的希腊人(1)
日期:2019-07-23 18:22

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A newly reinterpreted fossil muddies the waters of human history
一个最近被重新解释的化石搅乱了人类历史
Early human fossils are so rare that each new discovery may rewrite the textbooks.
早期人类化石非常稀有,每一个新发现都可能重写历史课本0LMxu82&RXrb5lgSV
A chance find two years ago in Morocco, for example, pushed the origin of Homo sapiens back to at least 315,000 years ago,
例如,两年前在摩纳哥的一次偶然发现将智人的起源推回到至少31.5万年前,
from a previous minimum of 260,000 years based on remains found in South Africa.
此前基于南非残骸的发现,智人的起源是在26万年前B=a)paQ_KMMXjW
Now, as they report in this week's Nature, a group of palaeontologists
现在,正如他们在本周《自然》期刊的报道,一群古生物学家
have extended the known geographical range of early Homo sapiens from Africa to Europe.
将已知早期智人的地理范围从非洲延伸至了欧洲&0T+bGK)*W+9_
Katerina Harvati of the University of Tuebingen, in Germany,
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and her colleagues found the relevant skull fragment not in the ground, but in a museum in Athens.
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It was one of a pair of specimens dug up in the 1970s from Apidima, a cave in southern Greece.
这是20世纪70年代在希腊南部的一个洞穴Apidima中挖掘到的一对样本之一iv)bHvWxjyrr
Both were recognised as being human fossils of some sort, but had not been dated or properly analysed.
两样都被认为是某种人类化石,但还没有确定年份或进行适当的分析+cR|_0)|Vz-(L
Dr Harvati and her team have now done so, using techniques unavailable to the original finders.
哈瓦蒂和她的团队现在已经这样做了,他们使用了原始发现者们所不具备的技术Y;Z-fb#rTf47yBx
One fossil is a reasonably complete, though fragmented, skull. Radioisotope dating shows it is 170,000 years old.
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Computer reconstruction reveals it to be an example of Homo neanderthalensis,
计算机重建显示它属于尼安德特人,
Neanderthal man, a species widespread in Europe until 40,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens took over.
尼安德特人是一个在欧洲广泛分布的物种,直到4万年前智人接管了欧洲,xeK9nXnb(i_foD&4jH(

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词语解释

1.muddy 把...弄糊涂;搅混水
It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
即使不把宗教牵扯进去,这个问题也已经够棘手的了v~OGP&z%b+Rec
2.origin 起源
The origin of the word remains obscure.
该词的来源尚不清楚4K(b+C@8Bl_
3.date 确定...的年代
You cannot date the carving and it is difficult to date the stone itself...
无法确定这一雕刻的年代,连石头本身的年代都难以判断XbBZC*G7tc+#|6
4.reveal 显示;透露
Details of the murder were revealed by the local paper.
地方报纸披露了谋杀的细节Nj(@nzRytagALCt|f

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重点单词
  • unavailableadj. 得不到的,没空的,不能利用的
  • relevantadj. 相关的,切题的,中肯的
  • originaladj. 最初的,原始的,有独创性的,原版的 n. 原件
  • fragmentn. 碎片 v. 变成碎片 [计算机] 碎片
  • speciesn. (单复同)物种,种类
  • skulln. 头骨,骷髅头 vt. 击打头部
  • reconstructionn. 复兴,改造,再建
  • revealvt. 显示,透露 n. (外墙与门或窗之间的)窗侧,门
  • extendedadj. 延续的,广大的,扩大范围的 动词extend的
  • rangen. 范围,行列,射程,山脉,一系列 v. 排列,归类于