畜牧业的出现和传播对欧亚大陆内部的历史产生了深远的影响,同时,也间接地影响了欧亚大陆以外的亚洲和欧洲部分地区。
Perhaps even earlier, there had emerged on the steppes of Inner Eurasia the distinctive types of pastoralism that were to dominate the region's history for several millennia.也许更早的时候,在欧亚大陆内部的大草原上就出现了独特的游牧文化,这种文化主导了该地区几千年的历史。
Barley was an unexpected find: the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and didn't become a staple food in central China until about 2,000 years ago, according to the researchers.研究人员说,大麦是一个意外发现:这种作物生长在欧亚大陆西部,直到大约两千年前才成为中国中部地区的主食。