尼安德特人是第一个被发现的古人类化石,但是,许多欧美学者认为他只不过是人类演化中一个灭绝了的旁支,并不是今日欧洲人的祖先。然而,现有资料表明,这些白人学者自己的白皮肤、高鼻子、可能还有他们发达的体毛,也许正是尼安德特人留下的遗产。 Neanderthals were the first to be discovered from ancient human fossils, but many European and American scholars regard him as an extinct shunt of human evolution and not an ancestor of today’s Europeans. However, the information available shows that these white scholars’ own white skin, high nose, and possibly their well-developed body hair may well be the legacy of Neanderthals.