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埃塞俄比亚名字，在阿姆哈拉语中意为“和平”。

And then there's this famous line of Australopithecus afarensis footprints.

还有那著名南方古猿阿法脚印系列。

It's very hard to say, because there were quite a few species of Australopithecus.

很难说，因为南方古猿有很多类。

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

看看最早人类——阿法人或能人阿纳姆西斯齿，再对比现代人类。

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，它是 Sterkfontein 几乎所有南方古猿化石来源。

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

让们从最著名类人群体之一：南方古猿开始。

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

露西属于已灭绝南方古猿，1974在埃塞俄比亚北部被发现，目前仍然存有她大约40%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， 它们与们更早祖先之一南方古猿阿法 (Australopithecus afarensis) 骨骼相似， 后者历史可追溯到 300 万前。

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，如南方古猿阿法， 生活在大约 3 到 4 百万前东非，用两条腿直立行走， 长着类人猿脸。

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.

在拱顶中央一个玻璃柜中，搁在蓝色天鹅绒上是小脚，这是普罗米修斯南方古猿一员近乎完整遗骸。

That was discovered by other people in Ethiopia, but it's generally thought that Lucy's species, Australopithecus afarensis, was the same species that created the footprints at Laetoli.

那是在埃塞俄比亚由其他人发现，但人们普遍认为，露西所属——南方古猿阿法， 就是创造拉托利脚印那个。

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.

没有更完整骨骼， 很难排除南方古猿阿法可能性，但新发现下颌和牙齿形状与早期直立人牙齿有一些相似之处， 比能人更为相似。

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，们从它那里看到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航天器是以埃塞俄比亚已灭绝人类近亲南方古猿化石“露西”命名。

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

连他为化石取名字，南方古猿——将希腊语和拉丁语词根组合在一起，也显示出他学术能力欠缺。

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

他推断它生存时间距今有200万左右，井将其明明为南方古猿非洲，或者说“非洲南方猿人”。

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

三百万前，们祖先南方古猿只有大约四英尺高。

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

或者来自更古老能人… … 甚至来自南方古猿？