《参考消息》2006年6月14日第7版：弓箭助人类征服世界
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How the bow and arrow helped humans to colonise the world
By David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent
Published: 13 June 2006
The invention of the world's first bows and arrows may have played ap_______①in the eventual colonisation of much of the world byHomo sapiens[1].
In a groundbreaking paper published yesterday, Paul Mellars, one of Britain's leading archaeologists and a Cambridge professor, suggests （1）Homo sapiens' dominance of much of the world was triggered by a technological revolution which caused a demographic explosion between 60,000 and 80,000 years ago.As a result, the population of one particular human ethnic group expanded up to 1,000 timeso_______②.
______________________________________, （人口的剧增迫使各部落去寻找新的狩猎区）firstwithin Africa, and then, by 60,000 years ago, outside it.
The wide-ranging technological developments included improved cutting tools and new animal skin cleaning equipment, abstract art and more effective weaponry. The African tribes also invented the world's first man-made projectiles - light-weight throwing spears and bows and arrows. The technological revolution was triggered by cooler and drier climatic conditions, and possibly human brain mutations linked to languaged_______③.
The research explains for the first time why our species started to expand across much of the planet a mere 60,000 years ago - despite having existed in Africa for the previous 100,000 to 140,000 years (Homo sapiens first developed in southern or eastern Africa sometime between 200,000 and 150,000 years ago).
"The new analysis - based onfield work[2]over the past 10 years - reveals how the period 60,000-80,000 years ago was of immense importance in pre-history.（2）For it is becoming clear that a series of crucial human inventions at that time was the factor which led to anatomically[3]modern humanity's conquest of the planet,"said Professor Mellars.
The technological revolution andc________④population explosion allowed Homo sapiens to spread along the coastlines of Arabia, India, south-east Asia and Australia between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
NOTES:
[1]Homo sapiens n..智人（现代人的学名）
[2]field work n.调查工作
[3]anatomically adv.解剖学上地
试一试：(不要求全部完成，做你愿做的，哪怕只填一个单词，为什么不试一下？！）
1．根据首字母提示和译文，填入适当单词：
①played ap_______（发挥了作用）
②expanded up to 1,000 timeso_____（增长了1000多倍）
③linked to languaged_______（与语言的进化有关）
④c________population explosion（随后的人口激增）
参考答案：①part （play a part扮演了角色，参与） ②over ③development ④consequent
2．翻译划线部分英文：
参考答案：
（1）技术革新推动了现代人类征服世界，而这种革新在6万至8万年前使得人口膨胀。
（2）因为这一时期人类的许多重要发明显然都是现代人类征服地球的重要因素。
3．根据译文，写出句子：
参考译文：The dramatic population increase then forced tribes to search for new hunting grounds
弓箭助人类征服世界
2023-01-07英汉翻译
