人类“最古老”壁画培优外刊阅读学案 -2025届高三英语一轮复习.docx

高三英语培优外刊阅读

班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________

外刊精选｜考古新发现：人类“最古老”壁画，隐藏了什么惊人的秘密？

近日，考古学家们在印度尼西亚一个洞穴的岩壁上，发现了一幅看似不起眼的画，在使用了激光等技术进行探究后，科学家们惊讶地发现这幅壁画距今已有五万一千多年的历史。这幅壁画与之前的壁画有哪些不同？新发现对于揭示人类进化有什么重大意义？

Worldsoldestcaveartfoundshowinghumansandpig

ByPallabGhosh

TheoldestexampleoffigurativecavearthasbeendiscoveredintheIndonesianIslandofSulawesibyAustralianandIndonesianscientists.Thepaintingofawildpigandthreehuman-likefiguresisatleast51,200yearsold,morethan5,000yearsolderthanthepreviousoldestcaveart.

Thediscoverypushesbackthetimethatmodernhumansfirstshowedthecapacityforcreativethought.ProfMaximeAubertfromGriffithUniversityinAustraliatoldBBCNewsthatthediscoverywouldchangeideasabouthumanevolution.

Thepaintingshowsapigstandingstillwithitsmouthpartlyopenandatleastthreehuman-likefigures.

ThefirstevidencefordrawingwerefoundonrocksinsouthernAfricaanddatesbacktobetween75,000to100,000yearsago.Theseconsistofgeometricpatterns.ThenewpaintinginSouthSulawesirepresentsanevolutioninthethoughtprocessesinourspeciesthatgaverisetoartandscience.

Thequestioniswhattriggeredthisawakeningofthehumanmind,accordingtoDrHenryGee,whoisasenioreditoratthejournalNature,wherethedetailswerepublished.Somethingseemstohavehappenedaround50,000yearsago,shortlyafterwhichallotherspeciesofhumansuchasNeanderthalsandtheso-calledHobbitdiedout.

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2.figurative(adj.)_______________________________

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4.evolution(n.)_______________________________

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