Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science.

  • -- Jared Diamond 戴蒙德

几千年前,人类驯养了所有可能的大型野生哺乳动物,满足了所有这些标准,值得驯养。结果,尽管现代科学做出了努力,但在最近的时间里,没有任何有价值的家畜的增加。

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Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.

把你已经知道的东西很好地付诸实践。这样做,你将在适当的时候,发现隐藏的事情,你现在询问。

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

你认为出版是艰难的,但音乐界要艰难十倍。