24每日一句Day 29
However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.
生词
as yet 到目前为止”、“迄今为止
fairness 公平待遇, 公平;公正
evolved 进化
independently 独立地
capuchins 卷尾猴
stems from v.出于;基于
ancestor 祖先
分析
分4段;
并列结构 whether… or whether…引导的主语从句
➕嵌套修饰ancestor的定语从句➕系动词+表语
that the species had 35 million years ago(定语从句修饰祖先)
翻译:然而,不管公平感在卷尾猴和人类中独立发展中取得还是是来自3500万年前的的普通卷尾猴的祖先,迄今为止为人知晓