“As has been said before, our species didn't outsmart the Neanderthals, ” Potts wrote.

“正如之前所说，我们的物种并没有比尼安德特人聪明，”波茨写道。

Yet, as has been said of him before, no theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself.

然而，正如之前对他所说的那样，在他看来，与生活本身相比，没有任何生活理论是重要的。