西方科学称：中国“国宝”大熊猫起源于欧洲（双语）

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　　You might assume that pandas have only ever lived in China, but new
evidence suggests that the bears’ ancestors once lived in Europe, around 10
million years ago.
        　　你可能认为熊猫曾仅在中国生活过，但是新的证据暗示，熊猫的祖先约1000万年前生活在欧洲。
        　　University of Toronto paleoanthropologist David Begun was hunting for
hominid bones when he stumbled upon some mysterious teeth, which he believed
might have belonged to a panda. He was right.
        　　多伦多大学古人类学家大卫·贝贡搜寻原始人类骨头时候偶尔发现了一些神秘的牙齿，他认为可能是熊猫的。他是对的。
        　　The teeth are from a previously unknown species related to pandas. They
compared their shape and structure with the teeth of other bears, looking at how
food had worn them down. They found that the teeth’s owner ate similar food to
the pandas of today.
        　　这些牙齿来自一种曾经未知的物种，它与熊猫有着联系。科学家将它们与其它熊类牙齿的形状和结构进行比较，看看食物如何是磨损了它们。他们发现，牙齿的主人吃的食物与今天的熊猫吃的东西类似。
        　　However, the new discovery shows that pandas were living in Hungary 10
million years ago. What’s more, an 11.6 million-year-old giant panda was found
in Spain in 2012. Therefore, there is growing evidence that pandas originated in
Europe, before migrating to Asia.
        　　然而，新的研究表明，熊猫1000万年前生活在匈牙利。此外，在2012年，人们还在西班牙发现了一只1160万岁的大熊猫。因此，越来越多的证据表明，熊猫起源于欧洲，而后迁徙至亚洲。