However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it stems from the common ancestor that the species had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.

生詞

as yet? ?到目前為止”、“迄今為止

fairness? ?公平待遇, 公平；公正

evolved? ?進化

independently??獨立地

capuchins??卷尾猴

stems?from? ??v.出于；基于

ancestor? ?祖先

分析

分4段；

并列結(jié)構(gòu) whether… or whether…引導(dǎo)的主語從句

?嵌套修飾ancestor的定語從句?系動詞＋表語

?that the species?had?35 million years ago（定語從句修飾祖先）

翻譯：然而，不管公平感在卷尾猴和人類中獨立發(fā)展中取得還是是來自3500萬年前的的普通卷尾猴的祖先，迄今為止為人知曉