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The bottom of the skull looks a bit more modern, but what' s extraordinary also is this tooth decay. Most of these early humans have got pretty good shape, and their teeth may be heavily worn or damaged, but they don' t suffer bad decay. But this individual had a number of infections in the skull and in the teeth, which may have killed him. Isn' t it incredible, looking at a fossil like that, and you' re saw, and you' re looking at your own history, aren' t you? That' s right. This could be an ancestor of our species from Africa. Of all the fossils in the museum' s extraordinary collection, it' s somehow humbling to be in the presence of a skull that is such an important piece of human history. For me, these strange and haunting remains are part of the fossil collection that will always stay with me. Fossils tell the story of life on Earth, but more than that, they fire the imagination. 140 years after Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins erected the very first dinosaur in a metal frame, they show no sign of losing their appeal. Next time, we' re taking part in a lifesaving trip to Uganda. That' s a little bit swollen. Encountering a ninefoot sturgeon. That really is the ultimate fishy tail. And finding out why scientists are ending up in the dock. I would suggest that you are biased in this. We' re entering zoology, and the worlds of some of the smallest and largest creatures on Earth. |
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tóu gǔ dǐ bù xíng zhuàng yǔ xiàn dài rén lèi sì, dàn zhèi xiē qǔ chǐ hěn bù xún cháng. dà bù fèn zǎo qī rén lèi de chǐ xíng dōu zhèng cháng, suī rán tā men de yá chǐ kě néng yǐ jīng yán zhòng mó sǔn, dàn bú huì yǒu yán zhòng de qǔ chǐ. kě zhè gè gè tǐ zài tóu gǔ hé yá chǐ chù, yǒu xǔ duō gǎn rǎn, kě néng zuì zhōng dǎo zhì qí sǐ wáng. kàn zhe zhè yàng de huà shí jiù xiàng kàn dào zì jǐ de guò qù, gǎn jué hěn qí miào ba. shì de, zhè kě néng jiù shì wǒ men lái zì fēi zhōu de zǔ xiān. bó wù guǎn zhōng suǒ yǒu shén qí cáng pǐn zhōng, zhè kuài tóu gǔ shì rén lèi lì shǐ zhōng xiāng dāng zhòng yào de yī huán, ràng rén bù yóu xīn shēng jìng wèi. ér zhèi xiē dú tè de shén qí yí jī, zhèi xiē huà shí cáng pǐn, jiàng lìng wǒ yǒng shēng nán wàng. huà shí jì zǎi zháo dì qiú shàng shēng mìng de gù shì. bù jǐn rú cǐ, tā men hái jī fā zhe wǒ men de xiǎng xiàng lì. dāng nián, běn jié míng wò tè háo sī huò jīn sī yòng jīn shǔ jià chóng jiàn le shǒu gè zhí lì kǒng lóng mó xíng. 140 nián hòu, qí xī yǐn lì yī rán wèi jiǎn. xià yī jí, wǒ men jiāng qián wǎng wū gān dá, cān yù zhěng jiù shēng mìng zhī lǚ yǒu diǎn zhǒng zhàng xiè hòu yī tiáo 2. 7 mǐ zhǎng de xún yú zhè zhēn shì zhì zūn yú wěi le bìng páng guān kē xué jiā shòu shěn, jiū qí yuán yīn wǒ jué de nǐ duì cǐ yǒu piān jiàn wǒ men yào zǒu jìn dòng wù xué shì jiè, cān guān quán qiú zuì xiǎo zuì dà de shēng wù, tàn jiū qí suǒ zài de shì jiè. |