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This was potentially one of the earliest examples of human remains ever found, older even than the recent discoveries of Neanderthal man in Germany, and the excitement only grew when this jaw bone appeared. Now you have to believe me here, that is an apelike jaw. Right. But with rather worn flat, slightly humanshaped teeth, and it was put together as our little friend over there. The man behind the thrilling discovery was local solicitor and amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson. He wrote to his friend and eminent museum palaeontologist Arthur Smith Woodward, unable to hide his patriotic pride. Now I' m paraphrasing, but basically what Dawson is saying in this letter is, " Yippee, I' ve found a human skull that rivals the one in Germany." What' s interesting is not so much about the science, it' s about the competition, and I think what it really shows is that the English were absolutely desperate to find that missing link. |
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zhè kě néng shì qì jīn wéi zhǐ chū tǔ de zuì gǔ lǎo de rén gǔ cán piàn, shèn zhì bǐ zuì jìn dé guó fā xiàn de ní ān dé tè rén gèng gǔ lǎo, yòu yí kuài hé gǔ chū tǔ, rén men gèng wéi xīng fèn le, hé gǔ. tā què shí hěn xiàng yuán lèi hé gǔ shì de, shàng miàn dí yá yòu yǒu diǎn xiàng mó píng le de rén lèi yá chǐ, pīn qǐ lái hòu jiù shì wǒ men zhè wèi péng yǒu la. dào sēn, gāi" zhòng dà fā xiàn" guī gōng yú dāng dì tuī xiāo shāng, yè yú kǎo gǔ xué jiā chá ěr sī dào sēn, tā céng xiě xìn gěi yī wèi péng yǒu, zhù míng bó wù guǎn kǎo gǔ xué jiā yà sè shǐ mì sī wǔ dé wò. xìn zhōng yáng yì ài guó qíng huái, wǒ fù shù yī xià, dào sēn xìn zhōng shuō dào" hǎo yé wǒ fā xiàn le kuài rén tóu gǔ, bǐ dé guó nà gè niú duō la." yǒu qù de shì, tā bù tài kàn zhòng kē xué yì yì, ér zhòng zài yǔ dé guó jìng zhēng, wǒ jué de zhè yě chōng fèn xiǎn shì liǎo dàng chū yīng guó rén duō me jí pò dì xún zhǎo" mí shī de yī huán". |