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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,
德国图宾根大学的卡捷琳娜·哈瓦蒂
and her colleagues found the relevant skull fragment not in the ground, but in a museum in Athens.
和她的同事是在雅典的一家博物馆，而非地下发现相关颅骨碎片的%r4ZB_5MJ;ccJ[wl。

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.
有一块化石是相当完整的头骨，虽然有裂痕@q_An%Jc!kLV9de*a-。放射性同位素年份测定显示它有17万年的历史q7LRZ~U^eci--J&u&Q。
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。