纪录片《熟食造就了人类吗》 第26期：被早起人类烹饪过的遗骨

At the moment,

目前为止

Travis has only found animal bones which are either butchered or burnt.

特拉维斯仅发现被宰割或灼烧的动物遗骨

But to prove that cooking happened here,

但若想要证明这里有烹煮现象

he needs to find butchered bones which have also been burnt.

他需要找到既被宰割又被灼烧的骨头

There is a high possibility that these bones

这些骨头极有可能

may have been actually cooked by early humans.

被早期人类烹煮过

We can't prove that for sure right now

我们目前还不能证明这个猜想

because we don't have butchery marks on the burned bones,

因为烧过的骨头上我们没找到宰割的痕迹

but we'll collect more bones and look.

我们将收集更多的遗骨进行研究

To support his theory,

为了证明这个理论

Travis wants to examine the

特拉维斯打算去观察

cooking fires of modern day hunter-gatherers

当今的采集狩猎者的灶火

to see what remains¹ are left over after they've cooked their prey².

看看他们烹煮猎物后留下了怎样的残骸

Deep in the heart of the Namibian bush,

在纳米比亚丛林深处

N'lao and his friends are giving Travis a wonderful opportunity

劳和他的朋友们为特拉维斯提供了绝佳的机会

to find out exactly how they eat their prey

来透彻观察他们如何食用猎物

and what they leave behind.

以及他们会留下些什么

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。