The world’s oldest story — the tale of our human origins — is undergoing continental drift. The revelation last week that the oldest Homo sapiens fossils had been unearthed in Morocco, the latest in a string of sensational discoveries, challenges east Africa’s crown as the cradle of humankind. Rather than flowering in isolation like a prized shrub before spreading elsewhere, sapiens quite possibly popped up all over the place.
世界上最古老的故事——有关人类起源的故事——正在经历大陆漂移。不久前有消息称,在摩洛哥发现了最古老的智人化石——这是一连串轰动性发现中的最新一个。这个消息挑战了非洲东部作为人类摇篮的至高无上地位。智人并非像一丛珍贵的灌木那样,先在与外界隔绝的地方开出花朵,然后才传播到别处,而非常可能是突然出现在地球的各个角落。
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