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And as for the bananas, researchers also found a high percentage of fossils from banana plants in sediment samples dating from about 7,000 years ago,
至于香蕉，研究人員還在距今7000年前的泥沙樣本中發現了很集中的香蕉植物化石，
proof the bananas were deliberately planted, because where bananas grow naturally the concentration of the plant fossils is lower.
證明香蕉是被故意種植的，因為在香蕉自然生長的地方，植物化石的集中率較低。
Bananas don’t naturally grow so densely.
香蕉不會自然生長得那么密集。
As a matter of fact, recent genetic research, genetic comparisons of banana species,
事實上，最近的基因研究，對香蕉品種的基因對比，
suggests that the type of banana grown in New Guinea was domesticated there and then brought to Southeast Asia.
發現生長在新幾內亞的香蕉的品種是在那里馴化的，然后才被帶到了東南亞。
So, not sure where I’m going with this?
不知道我要用這個表達什么？
Well, usually, we expect to see that certain social changes are brought about by the development of agriculture,
通常，我們期望看到某些社會變化是由農業的發展引起的，
structural changes in the society like rapid population growth, different social classes.
社會中的結構變化，比如人口快速增長，出現不同的社會階級。
But New Guinea, it’s largely unchanged.
但是新幾內亞很大程度上保持了不變。
It’s remained an egalitarian and rural society, so what does that tell us about the usual assumption?
它仍是一個平等的田園社會，那關于平常的設想，這又告訴了我們什么呢？
