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美国《科学》周刊近期发表了弗吉尼亚·莫勒尔的一篇考古学报道;对大多数欧洲人和美国人而言,西伯利亚只能令人想起拘禁犯人的营地,渺无人烟的荒凉山川和难以言状的酷寒。考古学家们也确实曾认为那里是世界上现代人类极难选择的居住地之一。但具有讽刺意味的是,最新的考古发现表明那里倒可能是人类最早选中的居住地。据1995年6月号《考古学》杂志报道,美国和俄罗斯考古学家不久前在西伯利亚发现了两个重要人类遗址,年代至少可追溯到40000年以前,比人们的预料还早将近10000年,这大约也正是现代人类在欧洲首次出现的时间。
Recently, Science Weekly published an archeological report by Virginia Moller. For most Europeans and Americans, Siberia is only reminiscent of camps where prisoners are detained, desolate desolate mountains and unspeakable Cold. Indeed, archaeologists once thought there was one of the world’s most inaccessible places for modern humans. Ironically, however, the latest archaeological findings suggest that it may be the earliest human settlement of choice. According to the June 1995 issue of Archeology, the United States and Russian archeologists discovered two important human sites in Siberia not long ago, dating back at least 40,000 years ago, which are nearly 10,000 years earlier than people expected. This is about the same time that modern humans first appeared in Europe.