Freedom was threatened in early modern times by the emergence of monarchies that might have been able to crush it.

自由权利在近现代初期曾因为,君主制的兴起,而处于被毁灭的边缘

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It's happened over the course of millions of years of human evolution, but it's happened also in a relatively recent time frame when we think about the American diet and what people are eating, but also the world diet of course.

它们发生在人类数百万年的演化历程中,在近现代,当我们考虑美国人的食谱,当然也包括全世界的食谱,同样在发生着这些变革

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