Or on his own instinctive cries, like a gulp of surprise at the sight of falling water or a yelp of effort caused by smashing a rock into a skull.

要么基于他自己本能的喊叫，像是看到降水时惊奇地吞咽口水的声音，或是把岩石敲进头骨，使劲叫喊的声音。

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So in 2005 the scientists sent the skull to a technician, who spent three years removing the rock from around the fossil—finally revealing a saber-toothed, squirrel-like creature.

于是2005年，科学家们将头骨送至一位技术专家处，经过三年时间将化石周围的石头移除，终于一个尖牙利齿、外形酷似松鼠的生物现形了。

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early homo, they say, might have based his first words either on the noises he heard, like the splash of falling water or the thud of a rock smashing into a skull;

他们声称，早期人类的第一个词也许要么基于他所听到的噪音，像是溅水的声音，或者岩石敲击头骨的声音；

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