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One day, when the water is gone and Ida's fossil is found,
未來湖水會消失，伊達(dá)變成了化石，
this primitive primate could help piece together the beginning of our own story, the story of human life.
我們能在這種原始靈長類身上看到我們自己的故事，即人類生命的故事是如何開始的。
We're closer to understanding how everything we've seen, from ocean bacteria,
我們更有可能了解我們所看到的一切，從海洋里的細(xì)菌，
through walking fish and subterranean rodents, leads to us.
到會行走的魚、地底嚙齒類，再到我們自己。
And to understanding how our planet was made.
我們還會去了解我們的行星是如何成形的。
47 million years ago, the atmosphere is much like today.
4700萬年前，大氣狀況和現(xiàn)在差不多，
The temperature is 75 degrees.
氣溫約24攝氏度，
And a day lasts just under twenty four hours.
一天將近24小時，
The Earth is now almost identical to the planet we call home. Almost.
我們現(xiàn)在看到的地球幾乎就像我們的家。
The Earth's plates are on the move again.
地球板塊再度帶著大陸移動，
India moves north toward Asia.
印度朝著亞洲向北移動，
The Indian and Asian plates are locked in a titanic struggle, and neither plate is winning.
印度與亞洲板塊陷入巨大的抵觸，沒有一方取勝。
As they buckle, the ocean floor contorts upward along a 1,500 mile line.
兩個版塊開始隆起，海床沿長2500公里的線向上扭曲。
