人類起源於外星？數字37或是外星人留下的證據

據外媒報道，科學家們發現了可以證明人類生命是外星人在地球上有意培育的證據。哈薩克斯坦科學家馬克西姆•馬庫科夫稱，地球生命來自外星人的說法已經不新鮮了，但他們在人類的基因代碼裏找到了一個信息可以作爲確鑿證據，它就是數字37。

The notion that life on Earth has alien origins is nothing new, but a pair of researchers believe that they have cracked an ancient code which prove that life was planted on Earth by extraterrestrial beings.
地球生命起源的外星說並不新鮮，但是兩名研究人員卻認爲，他們破譯的古老密碼證明了地球上的生命是由外星人播種的。

Maxim Makukov from the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute in Almaty, Kazakhstan, claims to have discovered an “intelligent-like signal” that is encoded into our genetic material.
哈薩克斯坦阿拉木圖費森可夫天體物理研究所的馬克西姆•馬庫科夫聲稱，他發現人類的遺傳物質中被嵌入了一種“智慧生物信號”。

Although he admits that the theory is “out there”, he and his research mentor, mathematician Vladmir shCherbak, believe that they have conclusive evidence that a message, or a signature, is in our genetic code.
儘管他承認這一理論已經“存在”，但他和他的研究導師——數學家弗拉德米爾•舍爾巴克都堅信，他們有確鑿的證據證明：在人類的遺傳密碼裏的確隱藏着某種信息或者說標記。

Panspermia is the process in which life is transferred from one planet to another. Some biologists believe that life on Earth began when an asteroid collided with Mars, causing the supposedly once microbial-full soil to be flung Earthbound.
“泛種論”指的是生命從一個星球轉移到另一個星球的過程。有些生物學家認爲，地球上的生命始於一顆小行星與火星的碰撞，當時，據信曾富含微生物的土壤被甩到地球。

The Kazakhstani duo have taken this one step further, and believe that life is a result of "directed panspermia" – something was intentionally sent towards Earth to kickstart life.
這對哈薩克斯坦搭檔將這一假設又推進了一步，他們認爲生命是“定向泛種論”的結果，也就是說，爲了開啓生命，某種物質被刻意送往地球。

By analysing the genetic code – which is the set of rules which translate DNA into proteins and does not alter as it is passed down through generations – they note that the number 37 crops up several times.
通過分析遺傳密碼——一套將DNA轉譯爲蛋白質且不會在遺傳中發生改變的規則——他們發現，37這個數字多次出現。

One instance is that the mass of the molecular core shared by all 20 amino acids is 74 – which is 37 doubled.
其中一個例子是，所有20種氨基酸的分子核質量都是74，是37的2倍。

Another is in 'Rumer's transformation'. Yuri Rumer first identified in 1966 that the genetic code can be divided equally in half, with one half being "whole family" codons – a codon being three structural units within DNA – and the other half being "split family", which do not have the AC code, an amino acid that is used to build proteins.
還有一個例子出現在“魯默變換”中。尤里•魯默1966年首次發現基因密碼可以等分成兩半，一半是“完整家族”密碼子（每個密碼子在DNA內佔三個結構單位），另一半是“分裂家族”（用於生成蛋白質的氨基酸），其中不含AC鹼基。

There are a total of 28 codons which have a total atomic mass of 1665 and a combined side chain atomic mass of 703 – both of which are multiples of 37.
密碼子總共有28個，總原子質量爲1665，與其結合的側鏈原子質量爲703，二者質量均爲37的整數倍。

The scientists have a total of nine examples in their research paper published in Icarus, where they state that the chances of the number 37 appearing this many times by random in the genetic code in a staggering one in 10 trillion.
他們將研究論文發表在《伊卡洛斯》雜誌上，在其中舉了九個案例，他們稱，數字37在基因密碼中多次隨機出現的概率僅爲10萬億份之一。

Prof Makukov told New Scientist: “It was clear right away that the code has a non-random structure.
馬庫科夫教授告訴《新科學家》雜誌：“人類的遺傳密碼顯然具有非隨機結構。”

"The patterns that we describe are not simply non-random."
“我們所說的模式並不是簡單的'非隨機'而已。”

"They have some features that, at least from our point of view, were very hard to ascribe to natural processes."
“至少在我們看來，它們具備某些很難歸因於自然過程的特徵。”

As for what planted the message, the Kazakh scientist says: "Maybe they're gone long ago. Maybe they're still alive. I think these are questions for the future."
至於是誰在基因密碼中植入了這些信息，這位哈薩克科學家表示：“或許它們很久前就滅絕了，或許它們還生存着，我想這是我們未來要解決的問題。

"For the patterns in the code, the explanation we give, we think is the most plausible."
“至於密碼中的模式，我們認爲我們給出的解釋是最可信的。”