The calendars that were developed at the lower latitudes were influenced more by the lunar cycle than by the solar year.

在低纬度地区制定的历法受月球周期的影响比受太阳年的影响更大。

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Consequently, the timing and rhythms of biological functions must closely match periodic events like the solar day, the tides, the lunar cycle, and the seasons.

因此，生物功能的时间和节奏必须与太阳日、潮汐、月球周期和季节等周期性事件密切契合。

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As an added benefit, making the first three months of the year each 30 days would bring them into closer alignment with the lunar cycle.

这么做还有一个额外的好处，每年的前三个月都设为30天，能让这三个月和太阴周更为契合。

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After that, it would be another month until the lunar cycle was in its darkest phase.

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Knowledge of the Moon predates the human species if we go by the female 28 day (ie, lunar month) cycle.

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