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n. 动物，野兽，牲畜40 次
But where and when these animals first became intertwined with humans has been a mystery.
但这些动物最初是在何时何地与人类产生密切联系的，一直是个谜。
“Through their DNA, the animals are telling their history themselves,” co-author Samantha Brooks, an equine researcher at the University of Florida, says in a statement.
“通过它们的DNA，这些动物在亲自讲述自己的历史，”论文合著者、佛罗里达大学马科动物研究员萨曼莎·布鲁克斯在一份声明中说。
Looking at these DNA sequences, we get a biological testimony to the environment these animals lived in and the experiences they survived.”
通过研究这些DNA序列，我们获得了一份生物学证词，证明了这些动物曾经生活的环境以及它们挺过的种种经历。”
The team reconstructed the animals’ evolutionary tree and used computer models to pinpoint the domestication event when herders in Kenya and the Horn of Africa tamed wild asses.
该团队重建了这些动物的进化树，并利用计算机模型精确定位了这一驯化事件——当时肯尼亚和非洲之角的牧民驯服了野驴。
They then traced how the animals spread across the rest of the continent into Europe and Asia about 2,500 years later.
随后他们追踪了这些动物如何扩散到非洲大陆的其他地区，并在大约2500年后进入欧洲和亚洲。
The animals could benefit from more research: Currently, there are no published genomes from donkeys located south of the Equator in Africa.
这种动物可以从更多的研究中受益：目前，还没有已发表的非洲赤道以南地区驴的基因组。
a. 动物的，野兽的10 次
Animal desire paths, such as ducks forging trails through frozen ponds or dogs carving direct routes in gardens, highlight the adaptability of these trails in both human and animal experiences.
动物的欲望小径，比如鸭子在结冰的池塘上开出的小道，或狗在花园里踩出的直路，凸显了这类小径在人类和动物经验中的适应性。
Animal desire paths, such as ducks forging trails through frozen ponds or dogs carving direct routes in gardens, highlight the adaptability of these trails in both human and animal experiences.
动物的欲望小径，比如鸭子在结冰的池塘上开出的小道，或狗在花园里踩出的直路，凸显了这类小径在人类和动物经验中的适应性。
are a human imitation of animal behavior.
是人类对动物行为的模仿。
[However], the signaling in a plant is only [superficially] similar to the firing in a complex animal brain, which is more than “a mass of cells that communicate by electricity,” Taiz said.
然而，泰兹说，植物中的信号传递与复杂动物大脑中的神经放电只是表面相似，后者远不止是“一团通过电进行交流的细胞”。
Neither one of them actually participated in any contributions to animal research or conservation.
它们都没有真正为动物研究或保护做出过任何贡献。
As a fellow environmentalist, animal-protection advocate and longtime vegetarian, I could properly be in the same camp as Emma Marris on the issue of zoos.
同为环保主义者、动物保护倡导者和长期素食者，在动物园问题上，我本可以与埃玛·马里斯站在同一阵营。