Many have assumed that humans ceased to evolve in the distant past, perhaps when people first learned to protect themselves against cold, famine and other harsh agents of natural selection.

很多人认为，在遥远的过去，人类通过了饥饿、寒冷等自然选择的严峻考验后，便不再进化了。

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So, before venturing outdoors in Yakutsk for the first time, I have decided to don a suitcase's worth of clothes to protect me against the cold.

所以，在雅库茨克初次出门探险之前，我决定穿上整箱的衣服以御寒。

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Either of a pair of ear coverings often attached to an adjustable headband and worn to protect the ears especially against the cold.

耳套一对套住耳朵的物体，通常附在可调节的头带上用来保护耳朵，尤指用来御寒的。

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But its 16 authors, led by Michael Ladisch, a biological engineer at Purdue University, reckon that high-tech chow will, within the next 25 years, protect troops from attack by biological weapons, insulate them against cold weather and even make them visible to their commanders by satellite.

ECONOMIST: A new report speculates on army rations of the future