So, you might say, banks existed in ancient times.

所以可以说,古代就有银行了

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We can think about this in an evolutionary way, as I've alluded to a lot, but if you think about it from a completely Darwinian point of view, and you think about these food conditions where food would be scarce in ancient times.

我们可以从生物演化的角度来看这个问题,我已经提到过很多了,但是如果你完全从达尔文学说的角度思考,从食品条件想想,在古代,哪里可能出现食物短缺

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Now, I don't know how far back it goes but it must be that in ancient times some people would say, all right you're going to be doing more work or you're contributing more to this enterprise, we'll give you a bigger share of the profits.

我不知道这能追溯到什么时候,但在古时候肯定有人说,好吧,你比别人干得多,你对公司的贡献更大,我们会把收入的大头给你

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