December 2021
Language Family
PDF WORD Researchers: Large Language Family Had Ancient Origins in China Voice of America article https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/researchers-large-language-family-had-ancient-origins-in-china-/6311043.html A recent study has followed the origins, or beginnings, of the family of languages that include modern Japanese, Korean, Turkish and Mongolian. 最近の研究では、現代の日本語、韓国語、トルコ語、モンゴル語を含む言語族の起源（始まり）を追跡しています。 The findings show a shared genetic ancestry for the hundreds of millions of people who speak […]
Early Human Beings
New Evidence Found of Early Human Ancestors Walking Upright Voice of America article. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/new-evidence-found-of-early-human-ancestors-walking-upright/6337267.html PDF WORD Scientists are taking a second look at footprints made in ash from a volcano millions of years ago in modern-day Tanzania. 科学者たちは、現代のタンザニアにある数百万年前の火山の灰の中に作られた足跡をもう一度見直そうとしている。 The footprints were first found in the 1970s. Scientists started taking another look at them in 2019. They were surprised to […]