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”。

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。

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

还有那著名的南方古猿阿法种脚。

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， 后者的历史可追溯到 300 万年前。

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

让我们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.

看看最早的人类——阿法种人或能人阿纳姆西斯种的，对比现代人类的。

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

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

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.

没有更完整的骨骼， 很难排除南方古猿阿法种的可能性，但新发现的下颌和牙形状与早期直立人的牙有一些相似之处， 比能人的更为相似。

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的，但人们普遍认为，露西所属的物种——南方古猿阿法种， 就是创造拉托利脚的那个物种。

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 百万年前的东非，用两条腿直立行走， 长着类人猿的脸。

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。

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种类。

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。

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，我们它那里看到的光就离开了那个星。

But anyway, when Berger went back to the fossil site to hunt for the rest of his skeleton, he discovered another, and another, and another — six skeletons in all, belonging to that species he named Australopithecus Sediba.

但无论如何，当伯格回到化石遗址寻找剩下的骨骼时，他又发现了另外一具，另外一具，还有另外一具——总共六具骨骼，属于他命名为南方古猿源泉种的那个物种。

Our distant ancestors, species like the Australopithecus, ate lots of tough foods like nuts and raw veggies, and their big strong jaws and teeth were great for that.

南方古猿等远古祖先，以大量坚果、生蔬等坚硬食物为主，他们宽大强健的颌骨非常适合这种饮食。

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合在一起，也显示出他的学术能力的欠缺。

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”。