The more research we do on more distant species of primates, the better window we have to their common ancestor.

我们对灵长类的远支研究得越多，我们就对它们的始祖了解越多。

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Volcanic island species are all transplants from distant locations and exist in combinations not found elsewhere.

火山岛物种都是从遥远的地方移植过来的，它们的组合在其他地方是找不到的。

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In the distant past, climate variations may have shaped the very nature of our species.

在遥远的过去，气候变化塑成了我们这些物种的本质。

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Natural selection would have played some role in the development of any such general aversions, which may have their origins in distant species, somewhere far back down the line that leads to us.

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