The origin of language must lie in our genes.

就是语言的源头必在我们的基因里。

Mark Pagel is an evolutionary biologist on the hunt for the origins of language.

马克·帕杰尔是位进化生物学家专门寻找语言的起源。

Despite decades of intense investigation, we still know very little about the basic origins of language.

尽管经过了数十年紧锣密鼓的调查研究，对语言的基本起源问题，我们仍然知之甚少。

And the more we learn about the mechanics of cross-modal perception, the closer we get to revealing the origins of language and human cognition.

我们对跨模态感知机制了解得越多，就越接近于揭示语言和人类认知的起源。

People would have assumed that the origin of language theologically was in the Garden of Eden, so the whole world would have spoken one language.

人们会认为语言起源于伊甸园，所以全世界都说一种语言 。

Great apes give one potential clue to the origins of language, though: it may have started as gesture rather than speech.

类人猿为语言的起源提供了一条潜在线索： 不过，语言可能起源于手势而非语言。

Both the ancient origins of language going back hundreds of thousands of years ago or even millions of years ago and also the ongoing evolution of modern languages.

语言的古老起源可以追溯到数十万年前甚至数百万年前，现代语言也在不断进化。

Inside these murine skills lay clues to a puzzle many have called " the hardest problem in science" : the origins of language.

这些鼠科动物的技能为许多人称之为“科学中最难的问题”的难题提供了线索：语言的起源。

Instead, it's a fundamental part of our human nature, the tool that allowed us to build larger communities and perhaps the origin of language itself.

相反，它是我们人性的基本组成部分，是使我们能够建立更大社区的工具， 也许也是语言本身的起源。

" Both the ancient origins of language going back hundreds of thousands of years ago or maybe even millions of years ago and also the ongoing evolution of modern languages. "

“无论是可追溯几十万年前甚至几百万年前的语言古代来源，还是现代语言正进行的演变。”