but only homo sapiens has turned lying into an art. call it diplomacy, public relations or simple good manners: lying is one of the things that makes the world go round.
不过只有人类将说谎发展成一种艺术,称谎言是策略、公共关系或单纯的礼貌:谎言正是维持地球运转的事物之一。
homo sapiens are one of the most notable exceptions, leading some scientists to think fatherhood is an important part of what makes us human.
现代人是最值得注意的一个例外,致使一些科学家认为父道在培养孩子富有人情味方面起着重要作用。
the human brain began much more activity in neural circuitry in the first year of life, which may have helped early homo sapiens survive in the process of natural selection, the study said.
这份研究报告说,现代人的大脑在出生后第一年内开始发展较多的神经系统,这可能帮助早期的现代人度过物竞天择的淘汰过程。
us study on monday found that neanderthals, prehistoric cousins of humans, ate grains and vegetables as well as meat, cooking them over fire in the same way homo sapiens did.
美国一项研究于周一发现,人类的史前近亲尼安德特人食用谷物、蔬菜和肉类,并使用智人同样的方式在火上烹饪食物。
the fossil evidence shows that neanderthals were restricted to europe and asia, whereas homo sapiens originated in africa.
化石证据表明,尼安德特人只存在于欧洲和亚洲,而人类则起源于非洲。
what is beyond doubt is that homo sapiens survived and turned to farming soon after the ice retreated, setting the stage for the rise of modern civilisation.
智人幸存下来,并在冰层退后不久转向以耕种为生却是不容置疑的事实,那为现代文明的崛起奠定了基础。
there must have been some dinosaur dust left behind - how else to explain the homo sapiens you have become, greedy for everything, nothing in the whole world safe if you are here.
一定还有某些恐龙微粒遗留下来——要不怎么解释由你变成的智人那么贪婪地索取一切,只要有你在,整个世界都不得安宁。
can homo sapiens do that?
现代的人类能那样做么?
it is now possible, too, to compare homo sapiens with his closest relative—not the living chimpanzee, with whom he parted company perhaps 5m years ago, but the extinct neanderthal, a true human.
而现在对比现代人类与他的近亲-不是活着的黑猩猩,它们5百万年前就已经和我们分家了,而是灭绝的穴居人,真正的人类-也是可能的。
a large-brained, early homo sapiens skull found in 1997 reveals the imposing face of herto man.
1997年发现的脑容量很大的早期智人的头骨,展现了智人惊人的面部特征。
as i climb through the stars, stretching myself into a constellation, the great polar bear, i wonder how many millions of years it will be before a wiser species than homo sapiens inhabits the earth?
当我穿过那些星星,伸展成为一个星座——大北极熊星座,我好奇地想,要过多少个百万年,才能有一个比智人更智慧的物种栖息于地球?
without these certainties, homo sapiens would still be living in caves.
没有这些确定性,智人会依然生活在洞穴中。
「shortly after homo sapiens first evolved, the harsh climate conditions nearly extinguished our species, 」 said professor marean.
「智人刚开始进化不久,恶劣的气候条件几乎灭绝我们人类,」马里恩教授说。
a us study on monday found that neanderthals, prehistoric cousins of humans, ate grains and vegetables as well as meat, cooking them over fire in the same way homo sapiens did.
美国一项研究于周一发现,人类的史前近亲尼安德特人食用谷物、蔬菜和肉类,并使用智人同样的方式在火上烹饪食物。
that will do what philosophers have dreamed of, but none has yet accomplished: show just what it is that makes homo sapiens unique.
这将实现哲学家们梦寐以求的东西,然而没有人完成了那个事业:仅仅显示出使homosapiens独特的要素。