However, more recent data imply that at least some parts of the planet did in fact experience long periods in the past during which liquid water existed on the surface.

然而，更新的数据表明，至少在该星球表面的一些部分的确存在过液态水，且存在于过去很长的一段时间内。

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An obsession with time, saving, gaming, wasting, losing, and mastering it, seems to have been a part of humanity for as long as humans have existed.

人类对时间的执念——对其的节省、玩弄、浪费、丧失及掌控——似乎是人性的一部分，人类存在了多久，执念就存在了多久。

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Lyell's evolutionary approach is intrinsically limited because Earth existed long before life and evolution began.

莱尔的进化方法本质上是受限制的，因为地球早在生命和进化开始之前就存在了。

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This incident brings to mind a lesser-known fact about the Hamptons: it's a place where conservative Wall Street tycoons have long co-existed with artists, many of whom love the delicate, ever-changing light that results from the region being almost entirely surrounded by sea.

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But Dr Cosmides and Dr Tooby pointed out that before long-distance transport existed, only two of those would have been relevant.

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