1·The structure of the carved antler indicates its growth stage was spring or summer.
雕刻鹿角的结构表明其生长期为春季或夏季。
2·Male antler flies do the same, except they use their antlers to head-butt each other—to see off rivals.
雄性鹿角蝇也做同样的事情,只不过它们用鹿角互相头撞头——以赶走竞争对手。
3·By happy symmetry, where our reindeer are carved on mammoth tusk, the other sculpture shows a mammoth carved on a reindeer antler.
令人欢喜的对称是,我们的驯鹿雕刻在猛犸象牙上,而另一件雕刻品却是一头猛犸象雕刻在驯鹿鹿角上。
4·At first, the scientists believed the geometrical figure carved onto the antler could have been either the mentioned woman, or a nude man raising his arms.
起初,科学家们认为刻在鹿角上的几何图形可能是之前提到的那个女人,也可能是一个举着双臂的裸体男人。
5·Male antler flies do the same, except they use their antlers to head-butt each other – to see off rivals.
雄性的鹿角蝇所做的也和突眼蝇一样,只是他们用的是鹿角而不是眼柄来进行搏斗,以赶跑对手。