And whether or not Homo sapiens, "wise man", entirely lives up to his name, he has achieved astonishing breakthroughs both in hardware (eg, the wheel) and software (eg, language).

不管是不是“智人”，完全人如其名，他们则完成了在硬件(如车轮)和软件(如语言)上的惊人重大突破。

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THE extraordinary success of Homo sapiens is a result of four things: intelligence, language, an ability to manipulate objects dexterously in order to make tools, and co-operation.

智人（现代人的学名）的非凡成功基于四个因素：智力，语言，能够巧妙地操作物体并制造工具的能力，以及合作。

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Anthropologists now believe Homo sapiens succeeded, unlike other members of the genus Homo, Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon for example, because our brains had a greater capacity for speech and language.

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