1·The DNA suggests that whales are descendants of the hippopotamus.
DNA 表明，鲸鱼是河马的后代。
2·We descendants of these animals were left with vestiges of their history, including the hiccup.
我们这些动物的后代同样也遗留下这些痕迹，包括打嗝。
3·Northup has many descendants, who gathered together in Saratoga Springs on July 24, 1999, for a tribute to their ancestor.
诺瑟普有很多后代，1999年7月24日，他们聚集在萨拉托加斯普林斯，向他们的祖先致敬。
4·US scientist Jared Diamond believes that the Rapanui people—descendants of Polynesian settlers—wrecked their own environment.
美国科学家贾里德·戴蒙德认为，拉帕努伊人，即波利尼西亚定居者的后代，破坏了他们自己的环境。
5·The real adventure didn't begin, however, until their Lapita descendants sailed out of sight of land, with empty horizons on every side.
然而，在拉皮塔人的后代驾船驶出了陆地的视线之外，举目四望都是空荡荡的地平线后，真正的冒险才刚刚开始。