走出非洲的智人
While the exact origin of the human species is still the subject of much debate and research, one specific model has prevailed in paleontology and anthropology circles: the “Out of Africa” theory.
多數辯論與研究仍在探究人種的確切起源，而古生物學與人類學學界中有一派主流假說，即「走出非洲」理論。
prevail(v.)佔上風、佔優勢justice will prevail 公道自在人心、正義必勝
This model suggests that humanity developed in Africa before migrating across the world.
該假說指出，人類是自非洲遷徙至世界各地。
humanity(n.)人類的統稱、仁慈、人性migrate(v.)移居、遷移、遷徙migrant(n.)移民、遷徙動物immigrate(v.)移居、移入emigrate(v.)移居國外
The term designating the current human species is Homo sapiens, Latin for “wise man” or “knowledgeable man.”
「智人」一詞專指現代人種，在拉丁語意指「智者」或「有智慧的人」。
designate(v.)指定、選定
According to the “Out of Africa” model, we are but the latest representative of the Homo genus, which started some 200,000 years ago in Africa.
根據「走出非洲」假說，我們屬於起源自約20萬年前的近代人種。
representative(n.)代表
Previous Homo species include, in chronological order, Homo habilis (handy man), Homo erectus (upright man), and Homo neanderthalensis (man from Neandertal).
按照年份排序，史前人種包括巧人（手巧的人）、直立人（站立的人）以及尼安德塔人（來自尼安德塔的人）。
chronology(n.)年表
Like Homo sapiens, all these species were able to leave the African continent, but the rapidly expanding Homo sapiens replaced them across the world.
跟智人一樣，這些人種都曾踏出非洲，但在世界各地迅速擴張的智人取代了他們。
expand(v.)擴張、拓展replace(v.)取代、替代
The other groups of humans died out and became evolutionary dead ends.
其他人種逐漸滅絕，因而未能持續進化。
die out 逐漸消失、滅絕=become less common and finally stop existingevolution(n.)進化、演化a dead end 死路、僵局、絕境
Homo sapiens are understood to have reached Eurasia 60,000 years ago, Australia 65,000 years ago, and the American continent 15,000 years ago.
學者認為，智人早在6萬年前便已抵達歐亞大陸，6萬5千年前抵達澳洲，1萬5千年前抵達美洲大陸。
Remote islands like Hawaii, New Zealand, Easter Island and Madagascar were the last places to be colonized, between 300 and 1300 AD.
公元300至1300年間，夏威夷、紐西蘭、復活節島與馬達加斯加是智人最終殖民的偏遠島嶼。
remote(adj.)偏遠的、久遠的remote work 遠程辦公remote control 遙控器colonize(v.)殖民colony(n.)殖民地colonizer(n.)殖民者
Coincidentally, it was the descendants of Formosan people from Taiwan who made this final step.
而巧的是，最後一批抵達島嶼的人，正是台灣南島民族的後代。
descendant(n.)後代、子孫offspring(n.)幼崽ancestor(n.)祖先
The Homo species that originated in Africa is believed to be the Pleistocene ancestor of all living humans.
學者認為，源自非洲的智人即為現代人在更新世時期的祖先。
originate(v.)起源、發源