They did studies with monkeys and dolphins that provide evidence that these animals have the ability to feel uncertainty.

他们对猴子和海豚进行了研究，提供证据证明这些动物具有感受不确定性的能力。

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Its front limbs were adapted to grasp and scurry up trees, an ability that must have come in handy when so many large ground animals were stomping around below and looking for dinner.

它的前肢适应了抓握功能，而且能快速爬上树木。当许多大型的陆生动物到处踩踏地面和寻找食物时，这种能耐就必须手到擒来。

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Scientists can increase the expression of the relevant receptors in prairie voles, and thus strengthen the animals' ability to attach to partners.

科学家能增加草原田鼠相关受体的表达，以加强动物对同伴的依附能力。

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Drayna says the GNPTAB gene is present in all higher-order animals and contributes to humans' unique ability to communicate.

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Now these were important changes because humans of course can-- are omnivores and can eat both plants and animals, and therefore, the ability to secure nutrients from these different sources became very appealing to humans.

这些是很重要的变化,显然人类现在,是杂食动物,能够进食植物和动物,因为营养来源的多元化,对人类来说很重要

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Here's hoping it will help Tugg regain the status he lost in his most recent cinematic outing, a brazen Oscar bid: the title role in "Simple Jack, " the tale of a mentally impaired lad with a desperate need for orthodontic intervention and the ability to talk to animals.

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