We can say today that this university is a direct ancestor of the platonic republic of Plato's Academy.
我们现今可以说,这间大学的直系祖先是柏拉图学院的柏拉图式共和国。
The builder of the manor house is a direct ancestor of the present owner.
建造这幢庄园的人就是它现在主人的一个直系祖先。
The tooth of an archosaur, left, which was a direct ancestor of many dinosaurs, and the complete skeleton, including soft tissue of a horseshoe crab, right.
左图,是古蜥蜴的牙齿,它是很多恐龙的直系祖先;右图,是一个完整的马蹄蟹的头盖骨。
It's too soon to know whether A. sediba is a direct human ancestor, or just looks like one.
现在说sediba是人类直接的祖先,或只是像人类,还为时过早。
Meanwhile, Arizona State University paleoanthropologist William Kimbel argued that A. sediba should have been classified as Homo, though it may not have been a direct human ancestor.
同时,亚利桑那州立大学(Arizona State University)的古人类学家威廉·金贝尔(William Kimbel)主张,虽然sediba可能不是人类的一个直系祖先,但还是应当归为人属这一类,而非南方古猿。
Meanwhile, Arizona State University paleoanthropologist William Kimbel argued that A. sediba should have been classified as Homo, though it may not have been a direct human ancestor.
同时,亚利桑那州立大学(Arizona State University)的古人类学家威廉·金贝尔(William Kimbel)主张,虽然sediba可能不是人类的一个直系祖先,但还是应当归为人属这一类,而非南方古猿。
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