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takenthesebonesandtheyhavebeenabletorenstructour
earliestancestorshafairdegreeofaccuracy
thegreatgreatgrandfatherofthehunracewasavery
uglyandunattractivealheuch
sllerthanthepeopleoftodaytheheatofthesunandthe
bitinghelderhadlouredhisskinadark
broostofhisbody；hisarandlegstoo；
hlong；arsehairhehadverythinbut
strongfingersadehishandslooklikethoseofankey
hisforeheadhejawofa
alsteethbothasforkandknifehe
esofthe
rulingvolcanoesoke
andtheirlava
helivedinthedablacknessofvastforests；asthe
pygesofafricadotothisverydaythe
pangsofhungerheateraherootsofplantsor
hetooktheeggsaanangrybirdandfedtheohis
oeralongandpatientchase；
heallwilddogorperhapsa
rabbittheseheraovered
thatfoodtastedbetterooked
duringthehoursofday；thispritivehunbeing
prolookingforthingstoeat
descendedupontheearth；hehidhiswifeand
hischildreninaholloeheavyboulders；
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第5节
forhealsand
alsbegantopro；looking
forsothingtoeatfortheirtesandtheirownyoung；and
theylikedthetasteofhunbeingsithere
yousteithereatorbeeaten；andlifewasveryunhappy
becauseitisery
insuer；nothesrchingraysofthe
sun；andduringtheerhischildrenodeath
inhisarurehurtitself；andhunting
anilsareforeverbreakingtheirbonesorsprainingtheir
ankleshehadnoootakeandhestdiea
horribledeath
likenyoftheanilshezoohtheir
strangenoises；earlynlikedtojabberthatistosay；he
endlesslyrepeatedthesaunintelligiblegibberishbecauseit
pleasedhiohearthesoundofhisvoiceinduetihe
leaedthatheuldusethisgutturalnoisetowahisfellow
beingshreatenedandhegavecertainlittle
shrieksetoan‘‘thereisatigeror‘‘heree
fiveelephantsthentheothersgruntedsothingbackat
hindtheirgroeant；‘‘iseetheor‘‘letusrunaway
andhideandthisheoriginofalllanguage
but；asihavesaidbefore；ofthesebeginningsweknow
soverylittleearlynhadnotoolsandhebuilthielf
nohouseshelivedanddiedandleftnotraceofhisexistence
exceptafeollarbonesandafeesofhisskull
thesetellusthatnythousandsofyearsagotheworldwas
inhabitedbycertainals
alltheotheranilsanother
unknoalowalkon
itshindlegsanduseitsforepaere
stprobablynnectedhthecreaturesobe
ourodiateancestors
itislittleenoughherestisdarkness
prehistoricn
prehistoricnbeginstoke
thingsforhielf
earlyndidnotknoeanthekept
norerdsofbirthdaysorhehour
ofdeathhehadnoideaofdaysorweeksorevenyears
butinageneraltrackoftheseasonsforhehad
noticedthattheldild
springthatspringgrers
ripenedandtheobeeatenand
thatsuerendedsoftheleaves
frohetreesandanuerofanilstingready
forthelonghibealsleep
butnoethingunusualandratherfrighteninghad
happenedsothingatterhtheherthe
daysofsuerhadeverylatethefruitshad
notripenedthetopsoftheuntainsobevered
hgrassnohaheavy
burdenofsnow
then；oneing；anuerof
froheothercreaturese
theregionofthehighpeaksthey
lookedleanandappearedtobestarvingtheyutteredsounds
edtosaythat
theyfoodenoughforboththe
oldinhabitantsandtheneersheytriedtostay
rethanafehereerriblebattlehclawlike
handsandfeetandilieshersfled
baountainslopesanddiedinthenextblizzard
butthepeopleintheforestlyfrightenedall
thetithedaysgreerandthenightsgrehan
theyoughttohavebeen
finally；inagapbethereappeareda
tinyspeckofgreenishicerapidlyitincreasedinsizea
giganticglaciercaslidingdooneswere
beingpushedintothevalleys
torrentsoficeanddandblocksofgranitesuddenly
tuledangthepeopleoftheforestandkilledthebr 》
heysleptcenturyoldtreesokindling
henitbegantosnow
itsnoonthsandnthsalltheplantsdiedand
theanilsfledinsearanhoisted
hisyounguponhisbackandfollobutheuldnot
travelasfastastheuresandheo
choosebetsto
havepreferredtheforrforhehasnagedtosurvivethe
terribleglacialperiodsoccasions
threatenedtokilleveryhunbeingonthefaceoftheearth
inthefirstplaself
lesthefreezetodeathheleaedhoodigholesandver
thebranchesandleavesandinthesetrapshecaught
bearsandhyenas；henkilledhheavystonesand
selfandhisfaly
nextthispleny
anilsannow
follople；drovetheanilsoutoftheir
hosandclaidtheorhisown
evenso；thecliteostpeopleand
theoldandtheyoungdiedataterribleratethenagenius
bethoughthielfoftheuseoffireonce；hunting；
hehadbeeneeredthathe
hadbeenalstroastedtodeathbytheflasthusfarfire
hadbeenanenenoeafriendadeadtree
eansofsuldering
branchesfrobuinguedthecaveinto
azylittleroo
andthenoneeveningadeadchickenfellintothefireit
andisvered
thatattastedbetterhenandthere
discardedoneoftheoldhabitshthe
otheranilsandbegantopreparehisfood
inthishousandsofyearspassedonlythepeople
hthecleverestbrainssurvivedtheyhadtostruggleday
andnightagainstldandhungertheyoinvent
toolstheyleaedhoosharpenstonesintoaxesandhow
tokehaerstheyoputuplargestores
offoodfortheendlessdaysoftheerandtheyfoundthat
clayuldbedeintobohe
raysofthesunandsotheglacialperiod；hreatened
todestroythehunrace；becaitsgreatestteacher
beantousehisbrain
hieroglyphics
theegyptiansinventtheartof
ingandthererdof
historybegins
theseearliestancestorsofourshegreat
europeanwilde
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第6节
essanynehings
itissafetosaythatindueurseoftitheywouldhave
givenupthewaysofsavagesandwouldhavedevelopeda
civilisationoftheiroeanendto
theirisolationtheyovered
atravellerfronunknohlando
ountainpasseshadfoundhisway
totheefrobr 》
africahisho
thevalleyofthenilehaddevelopedahighstageofcivilisation
thousandsofyearsbeforethepeopleofthehad
dreadofthepossibilitiesofaforkorawheelorahouse
andhereforeleaveourgreatgreatgrandfathersin