尼安德塔人能够穿越小片海洋的能力可以帮助解释为何伊比利半岛有比法国还早的人类遗迹。
A neanderthal ability to travel across small stretches of sea would help explain why the iberian peninsula has older examples of human remains than , say , france.
尼安德塔人成功适应了旧石器时代的欧洲和西亚，他们显然是这个区域支配性的人类始祖，直到现代人类的出现。
Well-adapted to the cold climate of palaeolithic Europe and western Asia, neanderthals appear to have been the dominant hominid in the region until the emergence of anatomically modern humans.
例如，西班牙的一个团体这个星期发布了一份报告，分析了来自一个洞穴的12个尼安·德塔人的DNA。
For example, a group in Spain published a paper this week analyzing the DNA from 12 Neanderthals found in a single cave.
尼安·德塔人被认为是现代人最接近的远祖，有些科学家甚至把两者看做是同一个物种。
Neanderthals are believed to be modern humans' closest ancestor, and some scientists view both as the same species.
为了比较两者，科学家扫描了尼安·德塔人的头骨碎片，在电脑里组合成一个虚拟的大脑，然后跟不同发育阶段的现代人婴儿大脑的电脑模型做比较。
To compare the two brains, scientists assembled a virtual Neanderthal brain by scanning skull fragments and comparing the computer models at different stages of growth to the human baby brain.
在今年五月，一份具有划时代意义的基因分析结果显示，现代人很有可能跟尼安·德塔人杂交过，而且现代人的基因中有高达4%似乎是从尼安·德塔人来的。
In May a landmark genome analysis determined that humans most likely interbred with Neanderthals, and that as much as 4% of the modern human genome seems to be from Neanderthals.
例如，HLA - A型基因存在于尼安·德塔人和丹尼·索瓦人的基因组中。
The specific gene HLA-A, for example, is present in the Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes.
发现的石器工具符合旧石器时代中期，当尼安·德塔人出现的时候，并且和在西班牙发现的也类似。
Stone tools at the site correspond to the middle palaeolithic period, when Neanderthal man emerged, and resemble those found across Spain.
尼安·德塔人和克罗马侬人是古人类学家研究的对象。
The Neanderthal man and the Cro-Magnon man are subjects of study for a paleoanthropologist.
如果此项理论能获得证实，尼安·德塔人分两路抵达能够被公认，就可以解决耶些遍布欧洲的史前遗迹所遗弃的谜团。
If the theory could be proved, and a two-pronged arrival of Neanderthal man accepted, it would help solve some of the mysteries thrown up by prehistoric sites around Europe.
尚未发表的新近研究显示，尼安·德塔人的Y染色体与人类不同。
New, still unpublished work reveals that the Neandertal Y chromosome differs from the human one.
据英国广播公司报道，一项最新研究表明，尼安·德塔人的食物不只局限于肉类，他们的饮食习惯要更加复杂。
A new study shows the Neanderthal diet was not confined to meat and was more sophisticated than previously thought, the BBC reports.
研究人员从尼安·德塔人的齿缝里发现了谷物和煮过的蔬菜，由此得出结论，尼安·德塔人煮食蔬菜等植物。
Researchers found grain and cooked vegetable in Neanderthals' teeth, and concluded they cooked and ate plants and vegetables.
研究人员从尼安·德塔人的齿缝里发现了谷物和煮过的蔬菜，由此得出结论，尼安·德塔人煮食蔬菜等植物。
Researchers found grain and cooked vegetable in Neanderthals' teeth, and concluded they cooked and ate plants and vegetables.
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