CNN News:農(nóng)民發(fā)現(xiàn)長(zhǎng)毛象骨骼

A farmer in Michigan was digging in a field when he uncovered something unusual.

美國(guó)密歇根州的一位農(nóng)民在田里挖地時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一件不尋常的事物。

Farmer James Bristle told MLive, "We thought it was a bent fence post."

這位叫James Bristle的農(nóng)民告訴直播室說(shuō)：“我們?cè)詾樗皇且粋€(gè)普通的柵欄。”

DANIEL FISHER, MUSEUM OF PALEONTOLOGY DIRECTOR: What we found here is a partial skeleton of a woolly mammoth. It was an adult male, probably in its 40s at the time of its death, probably lived between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago.Please visit www.chinavoa.com to get more information.

丹尼爾·費(fèi)希爾，古生物學(xué)博物館的董事：我們?cè)谶@里發(fā)現(xiàn)的是一頭長(zhǎng)毛象骨骼的一部分。這應(yīng)該是一頭雄性長(zhǎng)毛象，可能在40歲的時(shí)候死亡，生活時(shí)間約距離現(xiàn)在1萬(wàn)到1萬(wàn)5千年。

SUBTITLE: A University of Michigan team recovered 20 percent of mammoth`s skeleton.

字幕：密歇根大學(xué)的團(tuán)隊(duì)發(fā)現(xiàn)了這頭長(zhǎng)毛象20%的骨骼。

FISHER: Our working hypothesis is a partial skeleton having been brought to this place by ancient humans. It was their intent to come back later and retrieve this when they needed fresh meat.

費(fèi)希爾：我們工作假設(shè)是部分的骨骼是由古代人類帶到了這個(gè)地方。當(dāng)他們需要新鮮的肉時(shí)，就會(huì)回來(lái)。

SUBTITLE: About 30 mammoths have been found in Michigan to date, but most finds aren`t as complete as this one.

字幕：迄今在密歇根已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了30頭長(zhǎng)毛象，但是大多數(shù)的發(fā)現(xiàn)都沒(méi)有這一只完整。

Experts are working to determine the exact time this mammoth lived.

專家們?cè)谂φ{(diào)查這頭長(zhǎng)毛象生活的確切的時(shí)間。