The hills are remnants of an earlier geological era, scraped bare of most soil and exposed to the elements.

这些山丘是早期地质时代的遗留物，大部分土壤已被刮光，遭受风吹日晒。

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But have we really ushered in a new geological era, the so-called Anthropocene?

但是，我们真的迎来了一个新的地质时代，所谓的“人类世”吗？

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Looking back at FogBugz circa August 2006 (version 5.0) feels a bit like examining the fossil record from a distant geological era.

回头看5.0版的FogBugz，大概是06年8月份推出的，就好像在审视遥远地质时代的化石。

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This is because while it was always claimed, indeed stated, that the new version of the operating system would work on older machines, it never did at anything above geological era type speeds.

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