1·In the distant past, large herbivores like mastodons dispersed maclura seeds, each the size of an orange in their droppings.
在遥远的过去，像乳齿象这样的大型食草动物播撒着桑橙属植物的种子，在它们的粪便中，每个种子都像橙子那么大。
2·It happened in the distant past.
此事发生在遥远的过去。
3·That bias now is in the distant past.
现在这种偏见已经成为遥远的过去。
4·There were forests here in the distant past.
远古时期这里是一片森林。
5·Most are in the distant past and you can barely remember how bad you felt.
其中大多数可能都发生在遥远的过去，你甚至已经不记得最初的感觉有多么糟糕。
6·Hawks says genetic analysis will provide a much richer picture of life in the distant past.
霍科斯表示，基因分析可以提供远古过去更加丰富的生活画面。
7·In the distant past, climate variations may have shaped the very nature of our species.
在遥远的过去，气候变化塑成了我们这些物种的本质。
8·They think that the oil under the surface of the earth originated in the distant past .
他们认为地下的石油在远古时期就开始形成。
9·The last to go? Stories, especially about people and events that happened in the distant past.
最后失去的才是故事——尤其是那些关于很久以前的人、事的故事。
10·That indicates that human evolution had been slower in the distant past, Harpending explained.
这说明，人类在过去进化的速度比现在慢。