However, when early humans first began to reflect on the nature of things around them, they discovered that they needed an idea of number simply to keep their thoughts in order.

然而，当早期的人类第一次开始反思周围事物的本质，他们发现只是为了让思维保持有序也需要有数字的概念。

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Most interesting was what the scientists discovered about the X chromosome in humans and chimpanzees.

最有趣的要数科学家们在人类和黑猩猩X染色体上的发现。

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Researchers have discovered that Arctic reindeer can see ultraviolet light that would blind humans.

研究人员发现，北极驯鹿可以看到会导致人眼失明的紫外线。

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About 10, 000 years ago, modern humans discovered how to make knives out of copper, and around 5, 000 years ago, craftsmen in the Near East began to make them out of bronze.

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Physicist (and revolutionary) Max Tegmark likes to say that his grandmother grew up in a different universe, because since the time when she was a child, humans have discovered that the cosmos extends much farther, and obeys vastly different rules, than previously believed.

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The H7N9 virus, a form of avian flu not before seen in humans, was discovered in pigeons being sold in the market.

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