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the passenger pigeon’s existence came to an end on 1 September 1914

the exact point at which a particular specious became extinct

clone

reproduce

die out

extinct

pinpoint

identify

survive

live in

various specious

multiple specious

avoid

prevent

tedious

boring

elicit

generate

relaxing

amusing

humor ,contentment ,or neutral feelings

emotion

persist with the task for longer

spend significantly more time working

make twice as much many predictions as other two groups

try harder to accomplish the task than either of the other two groups

traditional view

established notions

??pinpoint

v. 精準(zhǔn)確定（位置或時(shí)間）；準(zhǔn)確解釋，查明

adj. 準(zhǔn)確的；極小的

n. 極小的范圍，光點(diǎn)；針尖

??identify

v. 認(rèn)出，識別；查明，確認(rèn)；發(fā)現(xiàn)；證明（身份），表明；認(rèn)同，理解；認(rèn)為……和……一致

??By pinpointing which genetic traits made it possible for mammoths to survive the icy climate of the tundra / they are trying to identify the genetic traits which enabled mammoths to live in the tundra.

??elicit

v. 引出，得到

??The students then were randomly assigned to watch a video clip either humor ,contentment ,or neutral feelings.

??notorious

adj. 聲名狼藉的，臭名昭著的

??the island’s another notorious resident

??strand

n. （繩、線、毛發(fā)等的）股，縷；串；

（故事、觀點(diǎn)、計(jì)劃等的）部分；

（海洋、湖或河的）岸，濱

v. 使滯留，使困在（某處）；

使（船，船員，海洋生物）擱淺；

使（跑壘員）殘留壘上

??A more practical approach for long-extinct species is to take the DNA of existing species as a template ,ready for the insertion of strands of extinct animal DNA to create something new.

??modification

n. 修改的行為（過程）；修改，更改；修飾

??How we could use it to make genetic modifications

??anthropologist

n. 人類學(xué)家

??submissive

adj. 順從的，服從的，卑躬屈膝的

??dominant and submissive quality