I'd like to talk about an ancient culture that domesticated horses.
我想讲讲一个驯养马的古代文化。
What exactly tells us that these Botai people, that the horses in their area were really domesticated?
究竟有什么能真正证明博泰人驯化了所在地区的马匹呢？
"They had wild sheep, wild grains that could be domesticated and the people with the potential to do it," Schmidt says.
斯密特说：“他们有野羊，可家养的谷物，以及有潜力的人。”
Pianezzi has slowly introduced his alpaca, a domesticated animal from the Andean highlands, to the water over the past several months.
在过去的几个月里，Pianezzi慢慢地将他的羊驼引入了水中，该羊驼是一种来自安第斯高地的驯养动物。
We are pretty sure that horses were first domesticated a bit earlier, to the northwest, in the area that is now Ukraine and western Russia.
我们很确定在早些时候，马就在西北地区，即现在的乌克兰和俄罗斯西部被驯养。
It is still unclear whether domesticated cattle were tamed independently in northern Africa or introduced to the continent from southwest Asia.
目前还不清楚驯化的牛是在北非独立驯化的，还是从西南亚引入非洲大陆的。
The newly domesticated animals behaved better, were easier to control, and may have enjoyed a higher birth rate, which in turn yielded greater milk supplies.
新驯养的动物表现更好，它们更容易控制，出生率也更高，且反过来也会提供更多奶源。
Agriculture seems to have reached these people from the Near East, since the first domesticated crops were millets and sorghums whose origins are not African but west Asian.
农业似乎是从近东传播给这些人的，因为最早驯养的农作物是小米和高粱，起源并非非洲而是西亚。
Then, about 7000 B.C., within the space of a few generations, they switched abruptly to herding domesticated goats and sheep and to growing einkorn, pulses, and other cereal grasses.
后来，大约在公元前7000年，在几代人的时间里，他们突然转向放牧家养的山羊和绵羊，转而种植单粒小麦、豆类和其他谷类牧草。
While agriculturalists rely on domesticated plants, pastoralists rely on domesticated animals.
农民依靠种植作物为生，而牧民则依赖于驯养牲畜。
Several food plants, such as kola and okra, are known to have been domesticated in western Africa, but they are all supplemental, not staple, foods.
一些食用植物，如可乐和秋葵，已在西非培育，但它们都是补充性食物，而不是主食。
Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers.
研究人员说，大麦是一个意外发现：这种作物生长在欧亚大陆西部，直到大约两千年前才成为中国中部地区的主食。
Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2, 000 years ago, according to the researchers.
研究人员说，大麦是一个意外的发现：这种作物在欧亚大陆西部被引进，直到大约2000年前才成为中国中部地区的主食。
PCR method weas used to detect 99 domesticated Paguma larvata.
对99只人工养殖的果子狸采用聚合酶链反应进行检测。
They were domesticated some thousands of years after this.
之后辣椒被驯化了数千年的时间。
Television has domesticated other disruptive technologies.
电视已经驯服了其它惹麻烦的科学技术。
The species was identified as bombyx mori, the domesticated silkworm.
这个物种被鉴定为蚕属家蚕(学名为bombyx mori)，即驯化了的桑蚕。
African elephants, unlike their Asian relatives, are not easily domesticated.
不同于亚洲象的是，非洲象不容易被驯化。
Northumberland's Chillingham cattle were once domesticated, but now roam free.
诺森伯兰郡奇灵厄姆的牛曾经被人驯养，但是现在它们自由生活。
Domesticated plants and animals are examples of technos — logic applied to life.
驯化的动植物，正是将技术逻辑应用于生命的范例。
Cats were domesticated about 9,000 years ago, and were originally used to hunt mice.
猫是在约距今9000年前开始被驯养的，而且，最初人们养猫是为了捉老鼠。
Cats were domesticated about 9, 000 years ago, and were originally used to hunt mice.
猫是在约距今9000年前开始被驯养的，而且，最初人们养猫是为了捉老鼠。
First domesticated in the Andes, the potato was carried to Europe in the 16th century.
安第斯山脉是最早进行马铃薯人工培育的地区。到了16世纪，欧洲也开始种植马铃薯。
The domestic pigeon, derived from the rock pigeon, is the world's oldest domesticated bird.
家鸽是从野鸽分化而来的，是世界上最早被人类驯化的鸟类。
But packed within its borders is a highly concentrated mixture of things wild and domesticated.
但是在它的区域内是野生和驯养的高度浓缩。
However the researchers conjecture that such rules no longer apply once a dog is domesticated.
但是研究者们推测：一旦狗被驯养，这些规律将不再适用。
I wonder have any of you reflected on, I don't want to call it shadow side, is not domesticated.
不知道你们有没有人想过这个问题，我不想说这是自然的阴暗面，无法驯化的一面。
For example, our ability to digest the lactose in milk after infancy arose after we domesticated cattle.
比如，在驯养了牛之后，我们就进化出了一种在婴儿时期过后也可以消化牛奶中的乳糖的能力。
For example, our ability to digest the lactose in milk after infancy arose after we domesticated cattle.
比如，在驯养了牛之后，我们就进化出了一种在婴儿时期过后也可以消化牛奶中的乳糖的能力。
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