some are of mixed ethnic origin and are descended from turks, iranians, malays, and others, most of whom immigrated as pilgrims and reside in the hijaz region along the red sea coast.

一些是混合的少数民族，包括突厥人，伊朗人，马来人，和其他族群的后裔，大多数人作为朝圣者移居并且在红海沿岸的汉志地区居住。

by 2001 latinos, most of them mexicans or descended from mexicans, had become the second-biggest ethnic group in america.

到2001年，拉美裔美国人（其中大多是墨西哥人或墨西哥人后裔）已成为美国第二大种族。

darwin suggested a genealogical hypothesis: when species are relatively similar, it's because they are descended from a relatively recent common ancestor.

达尔文提出了系谱的假设：彼此较为相似的物种，它们来自同一个时期较近的祖先。

paul barrett, a dinosaur researcher at the natural history museum in london, said: "the overall picture of birds being descended from meat-eating dinosaurs is now very firmly established.

伦敦自然历史博物馆的一位恐龙研究员保罗·巴雷特说道：“鸟类生物是从肉食恐龙发展下来的这幅全景图现在已经非常确定地建立起来了。

if humans descended from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

如果人类从猴子进化而来，为什么还有猴子呢？

cleopatra vii was born in egypt, but she was descended from a lineage of greek kings and queens who had ruled egypt for nearly 300 years.

克里欧佩特拉出生于埃及，但是她却是曾统治埃及近300年的古希腊国王和王后的后裔。

another minority has an even longer history in greece. the vlachs are descended from the romanian people.

希腊还有另一个历史更悠久的少数民族——瓦拉几人，他们是罗马尼亚人的后代。

they descended from the mountaintop.

他们从山顶下来。

according to the san diego zoo, every american white tiger is descended from a single father.

据圣地亚哥动物园，美国的每一只白虎都是单一的父本的后代。

people thought that darwin was saying they were descended from monkeys. what a shameful idea!

人们认为达尔文在说人是猴子的后代，这种观点简直有失体面！

some are descended from omani tribes.

一些是阿曼部落的后裔。

the nearby village of gudurica was also, until the end of the war, largely german, many of its people descended from settlers from alsace and lorraine.

直至第二次世界大战结束前，位于小镇旁的gudurica村庄也大多居住着日耳曼人。 他们中很多人是来自阿尔萨斯和洛林的定居者的后裔。

this is not because god created them to poke fun at us, or vice versa; it is because humans and chimps are descended from the same relatively recent primitive ape.

这并不是因为上帝创造它们来嘲笑我们，或相反的情形；而是因为人类和黑猩猩都是同一个比较近期的原始猿人的后裔。

many evolutionary linguists believe that all human languages have descended from a single, primitive language, which itself evolved from the grunts and noises of the lower animals.

许多进化论语言学家相信所有的人类语言都来源于单一的、原初的语言。而这种原初的语言则从其他动物的呼噜和噪声中演化出来。

in the amazon, most are descended from groups who escaped the depradations of the rubber boom, a period of barbarous development that began in the late 19th century and continued well into the 20th.

亚马逊地区的大多数原始居民都是从橡胶掠夺中幸存下来的族群的后代，这股橡胶掠夺的野蛮风潮起始于19世纪晚期并一直延续到20世纪。

like the wooden animals, they seem all to be descended from the same bland and adorable ancestor, a wide-eyed, thin-lipped soul with barely any nose and a mane of bouclé hair.

像木制的动物一样，他们都像从一种温和的，可爱的祖先进化来的，这种动物眼睛大大的，嘴唇很薄，几乎没有鼻子，带着毛茸茸的绒毛。

some even swallowed a delicious pushtun claim to be descended from a lost tribe of israel.

甚至有一些人轻信普什图人是某支不为人知的以色列部落的后裔的美妙说法。

the original makers of c?tes-du-rh?ne are said to have descended from greek explorers who settled in southern france about 2500 years ago, it claimed.

报告声称， c?tes-du-rh?ne（非常高质量的基本aoc葡萄酒）的始创者，据说是2500年前就在法国南部定居的希腊探险家的后裔。

and, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

忽然地大震动。因为有主的使者，从天上下来，把石头辊开，坐在上面。

elegant women descended from the diligence; he did not glance at them. he seemed to see nothing around him.

一些衣饰华丽的妇女从公共马车上走下来，他一眼也不望，仿佛周围的任何东西全不在他眼里。

if so, then we are all descended from viruses.

如果是这样，那么我们都是从病毒的后裔（细菌是原核生物没有细胞核而人类有--译注）。

now, taxonomists argue that since birds are descended from dinosaurs they should be classified merely as a subgroup of the dinosauria.

现在，分类学家认为，既然已经发现鸟类是恐龙的后代，那么它们应当被划分为仅仅是恐龙的一个子群。

this suggests that all present-day bison are descended from a very small group of animals.

这意味着，今天所有的美洲野牛都是由同一小群祖先所繁殖而来。

these animals are descended from wild mountain sheep, still found in some remote regions of the world, which shed their fine woolly hair naturally.

这些羊都是野山羊的后代，在世界上一些偏远地区仍有野山羊，他们都是自然脱掉细羊毛的。

we think the evidence is finally showing that these animals which are usually considered dinosaurs were actually descended from birds, not the other way around.

我们认为这项证据最终显示这些常常被认为是恐龙的动物实际上是从鸟类演化而来，而不是反过来。

its kings were descended from poseidon - the god of sea - but their divine lineage became diluted as they mixed with mortals.

岛上的国王是海神波塞冬的后裔，但是王室的神圣血统已经因为世代与当地土着联姻而渐渐消失了。

they believed whales had descended from mesonychids.

他们认为鲸是爪兽的后裔。

us pop queen madonna, canadian crooner celine dion and camilla, duchess of cornwall are all descended from the same french carpenter, according to a records archive launched today.

美国流行歌手皇后麦当娜，加拿大低吟歌手席琳狄翁，康沃尔公爵夫人卡米拉同是一法国木匠的后裔。今天(4月16日）公布的一项档案纪录表明了这点。