每日新闻(59)【由巨型树懒制成的吊坠表明人类可能更早到达美洲】

Pendants made from giant sloths suggest the earlier arrival of people in the Americas

New research suggests

(

humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant

sloths

, bolstering evidence

(

that people arrived in the Americas earlier than once thought

)

)

.

Scientists analyzed

triangular

and

teardrop-shaped

pendants

(

made of bony material

)

from the sloths.

They concluded

(

that

the carved and polished shapes and drilled holes were the work of deliberate

craftsmanship

)

.Dating of the

ornaments

and

sediment

at the Brazil site

(

where they were found point to an age of 25,000 to 27,000 years ago

)

,

the researchers reported

.That's several thousand years before

some earlier theories had suggested

(

the first people arrived in the Americas, after migrating out from Africa and then

Eurasia

).

重点词汇释义：

sloths 懒散;怠惰;树懒;sloth的复数

triangular 三角形的;三角的;三组的;三方面的

pendants 垂饰，饰坠;pendant的复数

craftsmanship 技艺;手艺;精工细作

ornaments 装饰;装饰品;饰物;首饰;点缀;摆设;美化;ornament的第三人称单数和复数

sediment 沉积物;沉淀物

Eurasia 欧亚大陆

译文：

巨型树懒制成的吊坠表明人更早到达美洲

新的研究表明，人类与现已灭绝的巨型树懒同时生活在南美洲，这有力地证明了人们比以前想象的更早到达美洲。科学家们分析了树懒骨骼材料制成的三角形和泪滴状吊坠。他们得出的结论是，雕刻和抛光的形状和钻孔是经过深思熟虑的工艺。研究人员报告称，对发现这些饰品和沉积物的巴西遗址的年代确定为25000至27000年前。几千年前，一些早期的理论认为，第一批人是从非洲和欧亚大陆移民到美洲的。 来自美联社（AP News）