homo

So, Homo erectus was the first human ancestor to leave Africa and begin its spread across the globe.

所以，直立猿类是第一个离开非洲的人类祖先，之后他们就开始遍布全球了。

The old issues of power, stratification and territoriality seem to be inherent in the species Homo Sapiens.

追求权力、社会分成阶层以及捍卫自己的领地这样的老问题其实是人类社会固有的问题。

You can actually trace this sort of connection across the world, wherever modern 'homo sapiens' turns up.

事实上，你可以轻易地在全世界任何现代“智人”所到之处寻找到这种联系的踪影。

Later, it dawned on one of the scientists that this Homo Sapien child seemed to have the short, lower leg bones of a Neanderthal.

后来，它到来的一个科学家，这种人Sapien儿童似乎短，下肢骨骼的尼安德特人。

But, the older age of these Au. sediba fossils raises the possibility of a separate, older lineage from which Homo erectus may have evolved.

但是，古老的南方古猿人化石提出了一种可能——直立人可能是由一种独立血统的物种进化的。

For two-thirds of its history, Homo sapiens lived exclusively in Africa. Only now are the details of that period becoming clear.

历史上现代智人有三分之二的时期独自生活在非洲，而直到现在，那段时期的细节才被了解。

Our ancestors from pre-Homo Sapiens times seem to have given fire a ritual significance.

前智人时期的祖先似乎把火作为一种宗教象征。

Australopithecus was a group of early hominids that is reckoned to be the ancestral genus of Homo, to which modern man belongs.

南方古猿是早期原始人类的一部分，被认为是祖先人种，现代人就由此而来。

Perhaps, it has been proposed, some of these offshoots of the Homo lineage survived until historic times.

有人推测，这些人属动物的苗裔，有些直到历史时期还在当地生存。

There were other hominids, too, like the rugged Homo neanderthalensis in Europe and the Hobbit-like Homo floresiensis of Indonesia.

也有别的人种，比如欧洲的尼安特人和印度尼西亚的佛罗利息人。

There was no room for the influence of local populations of Homo erectus.

没有当地直立人因素影响的迹象。

But Holmes fan Peter Stewart, 43, who organises detective book fairs, said: "I don't like the idea of a Sherlock Homo. "

不过福尔摩斯粉丝、办了侦探小说书展的皮特·斯图尔特说：“我很不喜欢夏洛克同志这个想法。”

The consensus had been that habilis was a transitional form between Australopithecus and Homo erectus.

人们一致认为“能人”是南方古猿和直立人之间的过渡物种。

If that series of circumstances had been even slightly different, there would have been no egg-headed Homo sapiens.

如果环境有一丝不同的话，很可能就不会出现顶着个鸡蛋脑袋的现代智人。

It used to be thought that modern humans, Homo Sapiens, replaced or killed off Neanderthal humans, Homo Neanderthalensis.

过去人们常常认为现代人取代或者消灭了穴居人。

Homo sapiens did not evolve with cookies and soda at the fingertips.

我们可能会说，当今时代的人不是伴随着指尖的饼干和苏打进化而来。

One is an Acheulean hand axe from half a million years ago of the kind made by Homo erectus .

一个是五十万年前直立人制作的阿舍利手斧。

If I had to reduce the essence of Homo sapiens to five words, "people do complicated things together" would do.

如果不得不将现代人的本质概括为五个单词，大概就是“共同从事复杂工作的人”。

Homo sapiens has been creating technological curses throughout history, and has so far managed to cope with every challenge thrown up.

智人在历史上曾经对技术进行诅咒，现在还在尽力处理由此带来的每一次挑战。

It is just us the Homo sapiens, gifted with a mind capable of stimulating our entire biology with a mere sight of intimacy.

这就是我们神奇的人类，天生就只要一有亲密的动作就可唤醒我们整个的生理机制。