Humans are unique among life on this planet, and much remains a mystery as to how we evolved.
人类在地球的所有生物中是独一无二的，关于我们如何进化的问题仍存在很多谜团。
That's the conclusion of a study tracing how we evolved a protein that helps us respond to stress.
这是在追踪如何进化出一种可以帮助我们应对压力的蛋白质后，得出的研究结论。
The discovery of a 'missing link' between man and apes could revolutionise our understanding of how we evolved, scientists say.
科学家最近发现了人和猿之间一个“丢失的联系”，可以彻底改变我们对进化的理解。
Matthews says that exposure to soil bacteria may affect human brains too. "It just shows that we evolved with dirt as hunter-gatherers," she says.
马修斯说，接触土壤中的细菌或许也能影响人类的大脑：“这不过显示了我们是从采猎者进化而来，期间不断与泥土打交道。
Even after we evolved the ability to use weapons and became predators ourselves, this ancient brain circuit still offered a useful defense against members of our own species.
即使进化到更够使用武器，自身也变成了捕食者，这些大脑中的古老神经回路仍然提供了一种针对其他人类行之有效的防御手段。
Our own bodies are worse off5 than most simply because of the many differences between the wilderness in which we evolved and the modern world in which we live.
我们人类的身体比大多数生物更糟糕，而这仅仅是因为我们进化时所处的野生环境和我们如今所处的现代世界之间存在诸多差异。
We evolved to be nice to each other, in other words, because there was no alternative.
我们进化成为善待彼此的人，换句话说，因为我们没有别的选择。
We evolved to be wary of saber-toothed tigers and blizzards, but not of climate change - and maybe that's also why we in the news media tend to cover weather but not climate.
我们通过进化知道警惕尖牙老虎和暴风雪，但对气候变化却熟视无睹——也许这也是为何我们在新闻媒体中只报道天气而不报道气候的原因吧。
We evolved to be wary of saber-toothed tigers and blizzards, but not of climate change - and maybe that's also why we in the news media tend to cover weather but not climate.
我们通过进化知道警惕尖牙老虎和暴风雪，但对气候变化却熟视无睹——也许这也是为何我们在新闻媒体中只报道天气而不报道气候的原因吧。
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