Malapa, it seems, was both a water source that gave life and a trap that snuffed it out.
现在看来，马拉帕过去既是供养生命的水源地，也是扼杀生命的陷阱。
They needed water to survive, " says Brian Kuhn, a zoologist from the Johannesburg university—called Wits for short—who works at the Malapa site.
它们需要水才能生存，”来自约翰内斯堡维特沃斯特兰德大学的动物学家、在马拉帕遗址工作的布莱恩·库恩（Brian Kuhn）说。
The long legs and that modern ankle are key elements on the human side of the ledger, says Darryl de Ruiter, a paleoanthropologist at Texas A&M University and part of the Malapa team.
德州农工大学（Texas A&M University）的古人类学家、也是伯杰团队成员的达瑞尔·德·鲁伊特（Darryl de Ruiter）认为，长腿和现代脚踝是将其归入人类的主要因素。
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