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The reasons for the major step forward in our evolution
人類進化中最重要一步的起因
are mired in controversy,
一直處在爭論之中
but what is certain is that about 1.8 million years ago,
但可以肯定的是 大約180萬年前
the first ancestor whose behaviour was truly human did emerge.
行為與人類很像的祖先 第一次出現了
This was Homo erectus.
那就是直立人
It had lost the ape-like characteristics of its predecessors,
他們已經沒有了其先人那些類猿的特征
its anatomy was much like ours
其解剖結構與我們頗為相似
and it could run as easily as we can.
而且可以像我們一樣奔跑
But crucially, its brain had grown by 20%.
更關鍵的是 大腦容量增加了20%
If Wrangham is right,
如果朗漢是對的
and cooking was the cause of this quantum leap,
烹飪確實是這巨大飛躍的推動力
it's crucial to find out when cooking started.
那么關鍵就是找出人類開始烹飪的時間
This is a matter of some debate.
這是個充滿爭議的問題
I think we first started cooking
我認為 大約200萬年前
almost two million years ago with the origin of Homo erectus.
直立人開啟了 人類的第一次烹飪
Cooking could possibly be one million years old.
烹飪可能已經有了百萬年的歷史
Based on the evidence we have,
根據我們現在所掌握的證據
I'd say we started to cook
我只能說人類
some time in the last 800,000 years.
在過去80萬年里的某個時間開始烹飪
