Nevertheless, our knowledge of the earliest stages of human civilization was quite limited for many centuries.

然而，几个世纪以来,我们对人类最早时期文明,的认知是很有限的。

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The first and the sharpest break with this common human experience came in ancient Greece.

最早与人类社会这个普遍传统,相悖且最为鲜明的例子就是古希腊

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According to the J source, in Genesis 4:26, the earliest humans worshiped Yahweh as Yahweh.

根据J资料来源，在《创世纪》第4章26节中，最早的人类崇拜耶和华就是以耶和华之名。

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That is true of all of human societies that we know anything about down to the earliest possible exception, I suppose; well, it depends what you think is earliest.

确实,在所有我们了解到的,人类社会中,我想"最早的"可能除外,当然,这取决于你是怎么理解"最早的"

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