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Ancient Bones Reveal Ancient Diet, Lifestyle
Scientists learned recently that fish was the main source of protein for people in southern Scandinavia many thousands of years ago. They also ate other animals that live in the water. The findings come from Lund University in Sweden. Scientists there tested ancient human bones from more than 80 individuals.
One of the researchers was Adam Boethius. He says by studying the chemistry of the bones, they learned the diet of the people they belonged to.
"Basically you are what you eat. And so when you study this -- stable isotopes -- you get an indicator of what the humans have been eating."
The study examined the importance of a mix of protein sources in the human diet from around 10,500 to 7,500 years ago. They found that in Scandinavia most of what people ate came from the sea.
Boethius said back then, fish made up 50 to 70 percent of the diet. He said other sea animals like seals and dolphins brought that percentage to almost 100 percent.
This research changed the understanding of how ancient people of the area lived. Earlier studies suggested these people hunted big animals and moved around a lot to follow them. But the chemical examinations did not show proteins linked to deer and elk and other land animals of the time.
Boethuis said scientists now believe these people stayed in place for most of their lives and ate local food. The discovery, he argued, provides evidence that "settlements appeared in Scandinavia much earlier than researchers" once believed.
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重点解析
1.a mix of ...混合
The films are a mix of animation and full-length features.
这些电影将动画制作和长篇故事片融为一体 。
2.moved around 四处移动
I moved around a lot with my parents.
我与父母搬了很多地方 。
3.main source 主要来源
The sun provides the main source of light and heat.
太阳是提供光和热的主要来源 。
4.land animals 陆栖动物
Land animals are believed to have developed from sea animals.
陆栖动物据信由海栖动物进化而来 。
5.Boethius said back then, fish made up 50 to 70 percent of the diet.
back then 那时;当时
Back then, America was the New Economy that others could only dream of.
回溯到那时,美国的新经济是其他国家梦寐以求的 。
What was your style back then?
您当时的风格是什么呢?
6.He says by studying the chemistry of the bones, they learned the diet of the people they belonged to.
belonged to 属于
I realized that he and I belonged to different worlds.
我意识到我和他不是一路人 。
He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple.
他推断这俩小孩是这对夫妇的 。
参考译文
揭秘远古人的饮食和生活方式
科学家近期了解到,数千年前,鱼类是斯堪的纳维亚南部人主要的蛋白质来源 。他们还会食用水里的其他生物 。这一发现来自瑞典隆德大学 。该校科学家们对80多具古代人类遗骸的骨骼进行了研究 。
亚当·伯蒂乌斯(Adam Boethius)是研究员之一 。他表示,通过研究骨骼中的化学成分,他们了解了骨骼主人的饮食习惯 。
“基本上你吃什么就是什么 。所以当你研究稳定的同位素时,你会得到人类一直以来的饮食的指标 。”
这项研究调查了大约10,500到7500年前,人类饮食中蛋白质混合来源的重要性 。他们发现在斯堪的纳维亚,人们的大部分食材都来自大海 。
伯蒂乌斯表示,当时,鱼类占饮食的50%到70% 。他指出,海豹和海豚等其他海洋动物将这一比例提高到几乎100% 。
这项研究改变了人们对该地区古人生活方式的理解 。早期的研究表明,这些人猎杀大型动物,并根据它们的行踪迁徙 。但化学测验没有显示与当时的鹿、麋鹿和其他陆地动物有关的蛋白质 。
伯蒂乌斯表示,如今,科学家认为,这些人大半生都待在一个地方,吃当地的食物 。他认为,这一发现提供的证据表明,“斯堪的纳维亚出现定居点的时间比研究人员认为的早得多” 。
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