复活节岛（当地人称之为拉普努伊岛）是数百座古代人类雕像——摩艾石像的故乡。
Easter Island, or Rapu Nui as it is known locally, is home to several hundred ancient human statues—the moai.
当然存在着一种伟大的艺术，而且它的存在揭示了古代人类并非没有智慧、技能和敏感性。
Certainly a great art exists, and its existence reveals that ancient human beings were not without intelligence, skill, and sensitivity.
一些古代人认为闰日是不吉利的。
一些古代人可能会告诉伴侣不要这样做。
Some ancient peoples would likely tell couples not to do it.
然而有趣的是，有些古代人并不这么认为。
It's interesting, though, that some ancient people didn't think that.
古代人并不这么认为。
在古代人们并不知道它们事实上是相同的天体。
The ancients didn't know that they were the same heavenly body, they are in fact.
古代人们认为，玉可以起到防腐的作用。
The ancients believed that jade has the effect of preservation.
所以与现代观点相反,神启性不是古代人的考虑标准。
So inspiration,contrary to modern assumptions was not the criteria you hear ancient people talk about.
古代人用石头做成工具。
太阳被所有古代人们认为是光和热的泉源。
The sun was recognized by all ancient people to be the source of light and warmth.
古代人哪有你那么幸运。
这是一条能使古代人从西亚步行而至的丝绸之路。
This was a Silk Road which enabled the ancient men to peregrinate from West Asia.
我们已经讲过在古代人们如何写书，也讲过书卷是什么样的。
we've talked about how books were composed in the ancient world, and we talked about scrolls.
许多人会说古代人的思想是过时的，现在学习没什么用。
Some may argue that as ancient minds are outdated, it is useless to know that again.
它们有着一定的含义，因为它们已接近古代人的文字形式。
They had a definite meaning, for they were as near as early man could get to writing.
但是古代人的寿命没我们长，一般不会出现几代同堂，因为年纪大了去世了。
But since life expectancy in the Ancient World was much less than ours, you didn't have usually several generations in these households, because older people just died.
随着时间的推移，不同的古代人类部族已经制造出各种不同类型的石质工具。
Over time, various groups of ancient humans have made various types of stone tools.
数千年前，古代人们的巴比伦和埃及研究天上的星星而创造了星座。
Thousands of years ago, the ancient people of Babylon and Egypt studied the stars in the sky and created the zodiac.
无可否认，这些典籍是古代人写下的，这让我们无法超越这些限制。
Admittedly, those classic books were written in ancient times and inevitably could not transcend over temporal limitations.
譬如，古代人经历了每天的日出和日落，却不知道地球在绕着太阳转。
The ancients experienced the sun rising and setting every day, for instance, but did not know the earth was moving around the sun.
这些葬俗具有世界性，表现了古代人类对生命与死亡的认识与信仰。
These funeral rites are cosmopolitan which embodies the knowledge and relief of human beings in ancient time.
跟古代人相比，我们应该心怀感恩，因为现代人找物件要比古人自由得多。
Compared to ancient people, we should feel grateful for having more freedom to find the person we want to be with.
另外，打碎镜子代表七年的坏运气，因为古代人觉得镜子是通向心灵的窗口。
Breaking a mirror is seven years of bad luck! Back in ancient times, a mirror was said to be a window to your soul, so breaking one was very bad!
古代人类只能活到25 -30岁，绝大多数父母都会失去至少一个孩子。
For aeons people lived to the age of just 25 or 30 and most parents could expect to mourn at least one of their children.
考古学家是通过发掘古代城市、文物对古代人的生活、文化进行科学研究的人。
An archaeologist is someone who makes scientific study of the life and culture of ancient peoples by excavation of ancient cities, relics etc.
这一被称作Denisovan的古代人种得名于，其残骸被发现的，西伯利亚的一处洞穴。
The ancient humans have been dubbed Denisovans after the caves in Siberia where their remains were found.
这一被称作Denisovan的古代人种得名于，其残骸被发现的，西伯利亚的一处洞穴。
The ancient humans have been dubbed Denisovans after the caves in Siberia where their remains were found.
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