她赞同这些鱼壳证实了早期现代人类能够完成多任务计划,并且对于他们想要制造的成分的质量进行抽象思维。
She agrees the shells are evidence that these early modern humans could "multitask and think in abstract terms about the qualities of the ingredients that they manipulated."
例如,我们都知道,16万年以前在埃塞俄比亚就有早期现代人类,其他还有在摩洛哥的,像这样一些人种均有可能是我们祖先中的一部分。
We know, for example, that there were early modern humans in Ethiopia 160, 000 years ago and others in Morocco, and populations like those may also have contributed to our ancestry.
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。
Australopithecus was a group of early hominids that is reckoned to be the ancestral genus of Homo, to which modern man belongs.
早期人类:之前人们一直认为第一个现代人类是在阿瓦士阿拉米斯中部埃塞俄比亚被发现的。
Early humans: Middle Awash Aramis, Ethiopia, where the first 'modern' human beings were thought to have been discovered.
克里斯·斯特林格教授,是伦敦自然史博物馆研究人类起源的专家,他表示赞同马里恩教授关于早期智力演化的意见。但他说,他并不认同现代人类均起源于同一群人的观点。
Professor Chris Stringer, a human origins expert at the Natural History Museum in London, said he agreed with Professor Marean's views on the early evolution of intelligence.
但他们表示,这种新物种的肋骨、肩膀和骨盆更接近于其它早期祖先,而不是现代人类。
But they said the ribs, shoulders and pelvis were closer to other early ancestors than to those of modern humans.
“讽刺的是,这又引起了现代人咬噬留下的伤痕是否确实模拟出早期人类的问题,”Egeland补充道。
"Somewhat ironically, this then raises the question of whether modern human chewing damage is actually the best analog for these early hominids," Egeland added.
考古学家称,这表明,早期的现代人类拥有复杂和创造性的文化。
Archaeologists say it suggests that early modern humans had a complex and creative culture.
他说,打个比方,早期的现代人类就因会使用西南亚穴居人式的工具而名噪一时,所以他们的出现不太可能是穴居人居住的凭证。
For example, early modern humans are known to have used Neanderthal-style tools in southwest Asia, he said, so their presence isn't definitive proof of a Neanderthal occupation.
他说,打个比方,早期的现代人类就因会使用西南亚穴居人式的工具而名噪一时,所以他们的出现不太可能是穴居人居住的凭证。
For example, early modern humans are known to have used Neanderthal-style tools in southwest Asia, he said, so their presence isn't definitive proof of a Neanderthal occupation.
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