One such volcano-induced landslide occurred thousands of years ago in the Greek islands, causing the Minoan civilization to be wiped from the map.

数千年前在希腊岛屿就发生了这样的一场引发火山的山崩，导致古希腊克里特文明从此消失。

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Researchers are excited as the find will teach them more about the life and times of early settlers who crossed from Asia to the New World thousands of years ago.

研究人员对这一发现表示十分振奋，因为这将有助于他们进一步研究几千年前跨过亚洲到达新大陆的早期居民的生活和时代。

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Pathoecologists study feces from thousands of years ago, learning much about the lifestyles and diets of our ancestors.

病菌生态学家的研究对象是几千年前的粪便，从中可以了解人类祖先的饮食和生活方式。

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In two-thousand three, American William Ruddiman first proposed that global warming resulted from human activities thousands of years ago.

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The Buddha talked about it thousands of years ago, "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

佛在几千年前就谈到它，“一支蜡烛可以点燃千支蜡烛，蜡烛的生命不会被缩短。

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Through this process, scientists are able to answer questions and solve puzzles about animals and their environment from thousands of years ago.

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More importantly, the countless hours of transcription has led him to conclude that the Bible is more sublime than just a bunch of stories from thousands of years ago.

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Wolfe has not confirmed when it happened, but he believes that malaria's jump from chimpanzees to humans occurred thousands of years ago -- maybe more.

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Boy Scouts often hiked to the spot and built fires in the holes, so it wasn't known if the soot was from their visits or from use by Indians hundreds or even thousands of years ago, Butz said.

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