[亚洲人a∨电影在线]古亚洲人徒步去罗马？（双语有声）

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Ancient Asian Found In Rome 

Some people of Italian ancestry, like me, might have a surprise in the family tree—a man of East Asian descent, who was living and working 2000 years ago in the boondocks near the heel of the Italian boot. The discovery is the first good evidence of an Asian living in Italy during Roman times.

有着意大利血统的人们，查一查族谱，很可能会有惊人 发现。我就发现，族谱里真有个两千多年前生活在意大利东南部僻壤里的东亚祖先呢！这一惊人发现可是罗马时代有亚洲人生活在意大利的有力证据。

Researchers found his body on an Imperial Roman estate and took dental samples. Why examine teeth? Well the water you drink at birth leaves a distinct signature in your teeth. That water signature is in the form of oxygen isotopes, atoms of oxygen with different numbers of neutrons. Isotopes say something about the latitude and elevation of your birthplace—which in the case of our mystery man definitely wasn’t southern Italy.

研 究人员在一罗马帝国遗址发现了这一东亚人的尸骨，随后采集了他的牙齿样本进行研究。为什么要研究牙齿呢？因为你出生时喝的水会在牙齿上留下很清晰的印记， 这个“印记”就是氧同位素的存在形式（同位素：原子序数相同，中子数不同的同一元素的两种或多种原子之一）。通过对牙齿中氧同位素的分析，我们就可以判断 出你出生地的纬度和海拔。而就这位神秘人而言，他的出生地肯定不在意大利南部。

Then the researchers tested his mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down through your maternal lineage. And this fellow had East Asian genes. The finding appears in the Journal of Roman Archaeology.

接着，研究人员对他的线粒体DNA进行了测试，线粒体中的DNA是从 母亲那儿遗传下来的，所谓母系遗传。测试结果显示，此人有东亚人的基因。这一发现还被刊登在了《罗马考古学学报》上。

It"s impossible to say if the man trekked to Italy himself or one of his ancestors did. But it’s clear that this first known Roman Asian wasn"t some aristocratic diplomat. He was just a poor worker, buried with a single pot.

那这人是自己一个人长途跋涉来意大利的？不可能。那是他的祖先来意大利的？也不可能。不过有一点很清楚，这首位罗马 裔亚洲人肯定不是贵族，而仅仅是个穷苦小老百姓——你看他的陪葬品就只有一只罐子。

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