From the point of view of evolution, men originated millions of years ago from the anthropoid, a species commonly referred to as the ape man.

从进化的观点来看，人类起源于几百万年前的类人猿，通常又称作猿人。

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The 47 million-year-old fossil is the missing link between man and ape as the creature had opposable thumbs, and fingernails.

这块有着4700万年历史的化石之所以被称为是人与猿之间缺失的环节，是因为它的大拇指与其他手指相对，并且具有了手指甲。

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It's that cartoon sequence: You see a hairy ape man with a heavy brow hunched in profile.

那就是这个卡通序列：你先是看到一个毛茸茸的弯腰驼背的额头沉重的猿人的侧面。

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This ape evolved into a man. He's teaching now at Yale.

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In very non-scientific terms, it can be described as a type of ape-man with anatomical similarities to the modern ape and the modern human.

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Only later did his measurements show that the skull-cap was from a new transitional species, pithecanthropus erectus, the upright ape-like man.

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