【最新研究】人类身体已达到巅峰状态！

来源：本站原创发布时间：2017-12-12 17:13:44

这是一条让人忧伤的消息，最新研究表明人类身体目前已经是最高的状态，可能不会再有提升空间，也就是说人类这个物种已经发展到极限了。下面我们来了解其中的细节吧！

你曾经幻想过我们人类的身体进化成什么样子吗？或者你在看科幻片的时候憧憬有一天人类能再发展成什么物种？今天的日常英语新鲜资讯可能要让你失望了！据新研究表明，人类可能已经达到巅峰状态。

The paper mentions that humans have biological limitations and that there may be no room for improvement for our species. To a certain extent, we are also partly responsible for ourselves - our environmental impact (pollution, climate change, etc.) in turn has a negative effect on our own biological limitations.

论文提及，人类具有生物局限性，而且对我们这个物种来说，可能再也不会有提升空间了。在某种程度上，我们自己也负有部分责任——我们对环境的影响(污染、气候转变等)反过来对我们自己的生物局限性具有消极作用。

Jean-Franois Toussaint, a physician at Université de Paris 5, led an interdisciplinary team. They reviewed 160 studies spanning 120 years, examining human life expectancy, physical fitness, changes in height over time, and the environment.

巴黎第五大学的医师Jean-Franois Toussaint领导了一支跨学科团队。他们回顾了横跨120年的160项研究，考察了人类的寿命、体能、身高随时间发生的变化趋势，还有环境。

The results showed that: throughout the twentieth century, human life expectancy, physical fitness and height have steadily increased; but since about 1980, these three indicators have reached a stable level, and have not changed much in more than 30 years. Although nutrition, medicine and science are making progress, human life expectancy, physical fitness, and height are no longer increasing. This means that modern society has brought human species to the limit.

结果发现：在整个二十世纪，人类的寿命、体能、身高均稳步增长；但大约从1980年起，这三项指标达到了稳定，三十多年来没怎么发生变化。尽管营养、医学、科学在不断进步，但人类的寿命、体能、身高却不再增长了。这意味着，现代社会已使人类物种发展到了极限。

Only into the twenty-first century, we will be possible to carry out this study. Because until the twentieth century, humans have reliable medical and physical records, as well as accurate measurement capabilities (such as measuring physical fitness). Until today, we have been able to obtain a record of a century to be able to observe the development trend of these indicators.

只有步入二十一世纪，我们才有可能进行这项研究。因为直到二十世纪，人类才拥有可靠的医学和体育记录，以及精确的测量能力(如测量体能)。直到今天，我们才能够获得整整一个世纪的记录，才能够观察这些指标的发展趋势。

Researchers predict that when more and more people reach the limit, less and less people break the height, life expectancy, the sports record, this stabilizing effect will be revealed. Actually, we have started to see this effect. Jeanne Calment was born in 1997, at the age of 122 and 164 days. So far, no one has broken his record of life. Likewise, no one has broken Bolt's 100th and 200th sprint record set in 2008.

研究人员预计，当越来越多人达到极限水平、同时越来越少人打破身高、寿命、各项体育记录时，这种稳定效果便会显现出来。其实，我们已经开始看到这种效果了。Jeanne Calment逝世于1997年，享年122岁又164天。迄今为止，没有人打破他的寿命记录。同样，也没有人打破博尔特在2008年创下的一百米及两百米短跑记录。

Average health and weight data may still be on the rise, but in some African regions the average height starts to decline, indicating their malnutrition.

平均健康和体重数据也许仍在增长，但在某些非洲地区，平均身高开始下降了，这说明他们营养不良。

Scientists have found that environmental pollution is linked to low birth weight, poor health and shortened life expectancy; climate change is also linked to reduced life expectancy and the spread of diseases such as malaria. These factors may make it impossible for people to break through the upper limits of physical fitness and life expectancy. 

科学家发现，环境污染和出生体重低、健康状况差、寿命缩短存在联系；气候转变也和寿命缩短、疾病(如疟疾)传播存在联系。这些因素可能会使人们无法突破体能和寿命的上限。

However, he also optimistically pointed out that since we already know some of our own limits (if analyzed correctly), then governments can work toward this goal. Due to the increasing environmental constraints, we may have to spend more and more money and energy to balance the growing ecological pressure. But if it succeeds, the average height, life expectancy, and most physical indicators of humans will grow.

但他也乐观地指出，既然我们已经得知自己的部分极限水平(如果分析正确的话)，那么各政府就可以朝此目标进行努力。由于环境限制越来越大，因此若想平衡日益增大的生态压力，我们可能要耗费越来越多的金钱和精力。但假如获得成功，人类的身高、寿命、大多数身体指标的平均值都会增长。

看了今天的日常英语新闻，大家可能会感到隐隐不安，但科学家并没有完全否认发展的可能性，一线口语认为大家更应该抱着乐观的心态过好每一天，把握当下也是创造美好未来的关键！