一位瑞士科学家最近在意大利发现了一具类似人的骷髅,这具骷髅据说已经有一千一百万年的历史,因而可能改变关于人类起源的说法。如果最早的人真的在一千一百万年前就已存在,那么科学界一向公认的“从猿到人”的说法就值得怀疑,因为这把人类发展的历史向后推了一千万年。据这位科学家说,这意味着人和猿是同时代,或者人比猿还要早,从一个共同的祖先传下来的,这个祖先的形象既不象人,也不象猿。 A Swiss scientist recently discovered a human-like skeleton in Italy, which is said to have a history of 11 million years and could change the story about the origins of mankind. If the earliest people really existed 11 million years ago, the scientific concept of “from ape to man”, which has long been recognized by the scientific community, is doubtful because it pushed the history of human development back by 10 million year. According to the scientist, this means that man and ape are contemporaries, or that people are older than apes and passed down from a common ancestor whose image is neither like nor ape.