Virtually nothing is known about the prehistory of chimpanzees, but whatever they were, we were.

有关史前非洲黑猩猩，我几乎一无所知，可是不管它情况是怎样，都和我祖先别无二致。

That is why we call it 'prehistory', because we only have a rough idea of when it all happened.

所以称之为史前史，因为只是模糊地知道这是在什么时候发生事。

Fire has both helped and harmed humanity since prehistory.

自史前以来，火既帮助过类，也伤害过类。

The point is to learn more about the peoples of ancient civilizations who lived here in prehistory.

布鲁斯：关键是要更多地了解史前时期居住在这里古代文明。

In their place stand a professionalised cadre of moneymakers too young to recall the high interest rates of their industry's prehistory.

取而代之是一群专业赚钱者，还太年轻，无法回忆起行业史前时期高利率。

Driven in part by a " childhood fascination with prehistory" , Hermes Sanctorum, the company's ceo, is keen to expand the business into making woolly-mammoth burgers.

受“童年时期对史前时代迷”使，该公司首席执行官赫尔墨斯·桑克托鲁姆热衷于将业务扩展到制作猛犸象汉堡。

Out of this vast number, the whole of our understanding of human prehistory is based on the remains, often exceedingly fragmentary, of perhaps five thousand individuals.

在数量如此巨大类当中，我对于史前类了解凭借仅仅是5000左右往往是极其支离破碎遗骸。

She said, " I think this has provided us the first direct evidence of what foods babies were eating or being weaned on to in prehistory" .

" 我认为这为我提供了关于史前婴儿饮食或断奶期饮食第一手证据。"

Mr. Ibrahim thought the fossil just might be from a Spinosaurus. If that were true, it would shake the world of students of prehistory.

易卜拉欣先生认为这块化石可能来自棘龙。如果那是真，它将震撼史前学学生世界。

Within a short time span, three-quarters of the world's species disappeared forever, and the giant dinosaurs, flying pterosaurs, shelled squids, and marine reptiles that had flourished for ages faded into prehistory.

在很短时间内，世界上四分之三物种灭绝了，许多巨型恐龙、飞翼龙、甲壳类软体动物、和那些世代繁衍海洋爬行动物都从我史前史中渐渐消失了。

All this presupposes one essential detail, says Atholl Anderson, professor of prehistory at the Australian National University: the Lapita had mastered the advanced art of sailing against the wind.

澳大利亚国立大学史前史学教授阿瑟尔·安德森 (Atholl Anderson) 说，所有这一切都以一个基本细节为前提：拉皮塔掌握了逆风航行先进艺术。

Throughout prehistory, it was the fact that producers and consumers were either one and the same individuals or close kin that guaranteed the highest degree of reliability and durability in manufactured items.

在整个史前时期，生产者和消费者要么是同一个个体，要么是近亲，这一事实保证了制成品最高可靠性和耐用性。

If we go back a way in history and prehistory knowledge of yourself probably wasn’t that important because people did what their parents or grandparents did whether they were hunters or fisherman or craftspeople.

如果我追溯一段历史，关于你自己史前知识可能并不那么重要，因为无论是猎、渔夫还是手工艺，都会做父母或祖父母所做事情。

Bruce says, " The point" – once again, the reason – " is to learn more about the peoples of ancient civilizations who lived here in prehistory." " Ancient" (ancient) means very old, usually thousands of years old.

布鲁斯说，“重点” ——再一次，原因——“是为了更多地了解史前时期居住在这里古代文明。 ” “古老” （ancient）意思是非常古老， 通常有几千年历史。