Selam, the Ethiopian name for another Australopithecus fossil, means " peace" in Amharic.

塞拉姆，是另一个南方古猿化石的埃塞俄比亚名字，在阿姆哈拉语中意为“和平”。

Let's start off with one of the most famous human-like groups: the Australopithecus.

让我们从最著名的类人群体之一：南方古猿开始。

Just look at the canines on the first human, Ardipithecus ramidus, or Australopithecus anamensis versus modern humans.

只要看一下第一个人类，即始祖阿尔迪猿人，或湖畔南方古猿人的犬齿与现代人类的对比就知道了。

Mrs Ples was originally blasted from Member 4, the source of almost every Australopithecus fossil from Sterkfontein.

Mrs Ples 最初是从 Member 4 炸毁的，它是 Sterkfontein 几乎所有南方古猿化石的来源。

Lucy belonging to the extinct species Australopithecus afarensis was discovered in northern Ethiopia in 1974, with about 40 % of her skeletal bones extant.

露西属于已灭绝的南方古猿物种，1974年在埃塞俄比亚北部被发现，目前仍然存有她大约40%的骨骼。

In fact, they’re similar to the skeletons of one of our earlier ancestors, Australopithecus afarensis, which dates back more than 3 million years.

事实上， 它们与我们更早的祖先之一南方古猿阿法种 (Australopithecus afarensis) 的骨骼相似， 后者的历史到 300 万年前。

There being, until now, no evidence of Australopithecus in southern Africa at this time, researchers have assumed Homo evolved in east Africa as well.

直到现在， 没有证据表明此时南部非洲存在南方古猿，研究人员假设人属也在东非进化。

Certain species, like Australopithecus afarensis, lived in eastern Africa around 3 to 4 million years ago, walked upright on two legs, and had ape-like faces.

某些物种，如南方古猿阿法种， 生活在大约 3 到 4 万年前的东非，用两条腿直立行走， 长着类人猿的脸。

In a glass case at the vault's centre, resting on blue velvet, is Little Foot, the near-complete remains of a member of the species Australopithecus prometheus.

在拱顶中央的一个玻璃柜中，搁在蓝色天鹅绒上的是小脚，这是普罗米修斯南方古猿物种的一员近乎完整的遗骸。

It’s hard to eliminate Australopithecus as a possibility without a more complete skeleton, but the shape of the newly-found jaw and teeth showed some similarity to the teeth of early Homo erectus -- more so than Homo habilis.

如果没有更完整的骨骼， 很难排除南方古猿的能性，但新发现的颌骨和牙齿的形状与早期直立人的牙齿有一些相似之处——比能人更相似。

Scientists believe Australopithecus first appeared in Africa about 3.85 million years ago.

学家们认为，南方古猿大约在385万年前首次出现在非洲。

The light we see from it now left that galaxy when Australopithecus walked the Earth.

当南方古猿在地球上行走时，我们从它那里看到的光就离开了那个星系。

NASA's spacecraft was named for the Ethiopian fossil of the extinct human relative Australopithecus called " Lucy" .

美国国家航空航天局的航天器是以埃塞俄比亚已灭绝的人类近亲南方古猿化石“露西”命名的。

He placed its age at two million years and dubbed it Australopithecus africanus, or southern ape man of Africa.

他推断它的生存时间距今有200万年左右，井将其明明为南方古猿非洲种，或者说“非洲南方猿人”。

Even his chosen name, Australopithecus, showed a lack of scholarly application, combining as it did Greek and Latin roots.

连他为化石取的名字，南方古猿——将希腊语和拉丁语词根组在一起，也显示出他的学术能力的欠缺。

Or from more ancient Homo habilis … or even from Australopithecus?

或者来自更古老的能人… … 甚至来自南方古猿？

Three million years ago, our ancestor Australopithecus only stood about four feet tall.

三万年前，我们的祖先南方古猿站立时只有四英尺高。