They also said it is the first human fossil from the Arabian peninsula.

他们还说这是来自阿拉伯半岛的第一块人类化石。

Also, at the time, the Arabian peninsula was like this crazy religious melting pot.

此外，当时的阿拉伯半岛就像这个疯狂的宗教熔炉。

We'll choose a time at the end of the last ice age, when a vast savannah covered the Arabian peninsula, extending across what is now Jordan and into southern Israel.

我们将选择最后一个冰河时代末期的一个时间，当时广阔的大草原覆盖了阿拉伯半岛，延伸穿过现在的约旦并进入以色列南部。

But with the progressive desertification of the Arabian peninsula, many of these people migrated north to the region west of the Jordan River in search of grazing lands for their herds.

但随着阿拉伯半岛日益荒漠化，许多人向北迁移到约旦河以西地区， 为他们的畜群寻找牧场。

Wood, for instance, can be used to build houses -- but it’s not all that plentiful in the Arabian peninsula, however, when it becomes cheaper thanks to trade, suddenly more people can have better houses.

例如， 木材可以用来建造房屋— —但阿拉伯半岛的木材并不那么丰富， 然而， 当贸易使木材变得更便宜时， 突然间更多的人可以拥有更好的房子。