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They would have cut all of the overlying meat off here
他們會把蓋在這上面的肉都割下來
and then pulled the femur out of the socket a little bit
然后把股骨從關節窩里拉出來一點點
and cut the tendon that connected it.
再切斷連接關節的筋腱
There's marks on them that
這些豪豬骨上面的一些痕跡
are similar to the bones we find from Swartkrans a million years ago
和在斯瓦特克朗斯發現的那些很相似
and those are in the form of these butchery marks.
比如這些宰割痕跡
Compare the butchery marks made only 12 hours earlier
將12小時前剛形成的這些宰割痕跡
with these from one million years ago.
與一百萬年前形成的相比較
Yes, there's continuity.
是的 它們之間有一致性
There's only a certain way to take apart an animal body
分解動物尸體有固定的方式
and it leaves similar marks whether you're using steel or stone.
用鋼質或石質工具都只會留下相似痕跡
What Travis's theory really needs
特拉維斯的理論最需要的是
is butchered bones which have also been burnt in the cooking process.
既被宰割又在烹煮過程中被灼燒了的骨頭
This is such an exciting thing for me.
我感到很興奮
This is a burnt bone with butchery marks on it.
這塊燒過的骨頭上有宰割痕跡
It just goes to show you that these things aren't uncommon.
這就說明 這種行為不是稀有的
It's likely that we'll find this type of evidence at Swartkrans.
因此我們可能也會在斯瓦特克朗斯找到類似證據
I think it's as close as I'll be able to come to say
我認為在不久后 我就能宣布
we have cooking one million years ago.
人類在一百萬年前就有烹煮行為了
The earlier the date, the greater the probability
證據的年代越久遠
that cooking affected the evolution of our first truly human ancestors.
烹煮行為影響人類祖先進化的可能性越大
