Lesson one ancestor 祖先 anthropologist 人类学家 flint 燧石 fossil 化石 fossil man 化石人 Indonesia 印度尼西亚 legend 传说 migration 迁移, 移居 Polynesian 波利尼西亚 recount 叙述 rot 烂掉 saga 英雄故事 trace 踪迹

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But the glyptodont wasn't a reptile. So what was it? There is a relative of the glyptodont thats still alive today. It's the armadillo and it's a mammal, the only mammal with this kind of armor in the whole of North America. It may give us some idea

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The preservation of embryos and juveniles is a rate occurrence in the fossil record. The tiny, delicate skeletons are usually scattered by scavengers or destroyed by weathering before they can be fossilized. Ichthyosaurs had a higher chance of being

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Dinosaurs Live Again at an American Museum 恐龙在美国博物馆再生 Many millions of years ago, the last dinosaurs lived in what is now the American West. Now, scientists studying dinosaur fossils have documented what happened to the ancient cr

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Prototype Solar Cars Train Future Alternative Energy Experts JOHANNESBURG In South Africa, students at the University of Johannesburg have taken on the challenge of building their own solar cars and racing them in competitions. While it offers plenty

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The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit

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The preservation of embryos and juveniles is a rate occurrence in the fossil record. The tiny, delicate skeletons are usually scattered by scavengers or destroyed by weathering before they can be foss

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今天我们要学的词是 wean. Wean 的意思是断奶,断绝。Fuel taxes are part of president Macron's strategy of weaning France off fossil fuels. 税收是马克龙希望法国摆脱石化燃料战略的一部分。 The new government of Pa

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(BBC News) American scientists have discovered a fossil of a duck-sized,flightless dinosaur,which was apparently covered in feathers. (英国国家广播公司报道)美国科学家发现了一个鸭子大小的化石,那是一只无法飞行

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The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power. Coal seemed to fit the bill, and it fueled the earliest power statio

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By Jessica Berman Washington 21 March 2008 Scientists have concluded that the world's oldest primate fossil known as the Millennium Ancestor belongs to a group that includes prehistoric humans rather than apes. Investigators studying the remains have

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SharkFinder Brings Science Excitement to Classrooms 把科学带进教室 Science is advanced by professional researchers and scientists. Yet, many believe that average citizens - including school children - can make contributions to scientific advan

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Beginners. Some people say that the weather is changing all over the world. Do you believe that? What do you think? I'm not sure if it is true, but sometimes the local weather does something unusual. Here in Wenatchee, the weather is normally very re

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS -April 23, 2002: Study of Shipwrecks in Europe / Feathered Dinosaur / Foods That Can Keep You Healthy Broadcast: VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty w

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By Barry Wood Fossil Rim, Texas 26 November 2007 To see some of the world's most impressive wild animals, many people travel to Africa and go on a safari. But people in Texas can find some of these exotic animals close to home, not just in zoos, but

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By Paul Sisco Washington 07 March 2007 watch Ethanol Alternative Fuel President Bush speaks to reporters about how cellulosic ethanol can be produced from biomass such as spruce wood chips President Bush leaves this week for a five nation Latin Amer

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By Greg Flakus Houston 14 November 2007 The fossilized bones of a female hominid creature who lived about three-million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, continues to draw crowds at Houston's Museum of Natural Science. Recently visiting the skeleton

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New UN report highlights livestock production as major environmental threat Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 04 June 2010 A new United Nations report singles out food production as a major factor driving environmental degradation. Raising animals for

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Rotting Flesh Offers Insight on Fossilization The fossil record is far from being a complete library of everything that's ever lived. 化石记录不止是曾经存活生物的藏书阁. The vast, vast majority of everything that's ever lived has com

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Acanthostega 这种生物已经演化出前后肢,但每肢都有8趾。这种生物是从鱼类进化到两栖类的过渡产物。而且,它具有更多的鱼类特征,如有鳃、鳍和只能在水中起作用的感官。伦敦自然历史博

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