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For thousands of years, donkeys have been critical for propelling human civilizations forward.
数千年来，驴对推动人类文明向前发展一直至关重要。
Now, researchers have used genomes of over 200 donkeys to trace their domestication back to a single event around 7,000 years ago in East Africa — about 3,000 years before humans tamed horses.
如今，研究人员利用200多头驴的基因组，将驴的驯化追溯到大约7000年前发生在东非的一次单一事件——比人类驯服马早了约3000年。
The researchers examined 207 genomes from modern donkeys living in 31 countries across the globe.
研究人员检测了生活在全球31个国家的现代驴的207个基因组。
They also looked at genomes from 15 wild equids and 31 earlier donkeys that lived between about 4,000 and 100 years ago.
他们还研究了15种野生马科动物以及31头生活在约4000年前到100年前之间的早期驴的基因组。
“Donkeys are champions when it comes to carrying stuff and are good at going at deserts,” co-author Ludovic Orlando, an evolutionary biologist at Paul Sabin University in France, tells the publication.
“说到驮运东西，驴是佼佼者，而且它们擅长在沙漠中行走，”论文合著者、法国保罗·萨巴蒂埃大学的进化生物学家卢多维克·奥兰多对该刊物表示。
Prehistoric humans may have tamed donkeys to help navigate the expanding Sahara.
史前人类可能是为了帮助自己穿越不断扩张的撒哈拉沙漠而驯服了驴。
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Researchers say these findings could help put donkeys in the spotlight.
研究人员表示，这些发现可能有助于让驴成为人们关注的焦点。
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。
But understanding where the animals were first domesticated could guide archaeologists to a narrow region to search for insights about the original tamed donkeys.
但了解驴最初是在哪里被驯化的，可以引导考古学家在一个较小的区域内寻找有关最初被驯化的驴的线索。
What can be learned about donkeys from Paragraph 1?
从第1段中可以了解到关于驴的什么信息？
The earliest habitats of donkeys are hardly traceable.
驴最早的栖息地几乎无从追溯。
It is increasingly easy to read donkeys’ DNA sequences.
解读驴的DNA序列变得越来越容易。
Written accounts contain vital clues for donkey research.
文字记载包含驴研究的重要线索。
Genetic analysis offers insight into the history of donkeys.
基因分析有助于深入了解驴的历史。
In their study, the researchers investigated how donkeys ____
在研究中，研究人员调查了驴____
As to why the original domestication of donkeys happened, Orlando ____
关于驴最初为何被驯化，奥兰多____
better management of donkeys.
更好地管理驴。
recovering early types of donkeys.
恢复早期品种的驴。