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人類和其他動物一樣，主要任務為生存與繁衍後代，都需要有地方棲息和防禦敵人。在舊石器時代，人類居住在天然洞穴或岩蔭中。從新石器時代起，人類開始懂得於山壁掘穴而居，後來更逐漸演化出利用石頭、獸皮、木材、壤土、石灰、水泥和混凝土等做為材料建造住屋。演化至今，從洞穴到摩天大樓，住屋已從最簡單的遮風避雨空間演變出多樣建築形式，住屋構造與內部裝潢更趨複雜，功能也更加多元。同樣地，節肢動物也隨之不斷演化以適應人類居家環境，定居並取食。

Home - A Refuge From the Elements

What is a house? A house is a specific physical space, whether a crude and simple shelter or a luxurious mansion. It is a place for living that provides protection from the elements. But, no matter how shut off from the outside world or how isolated a human house is, it is still part of nature. Our "houses" are also suitable living environments for some arthropods and they are not in the least hesitant to make themselves at home.

現代高樓大厦Modern high-rise buildings

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你的家?我的家?

最原始的人類居住在洞穴中，與穴居生物和平共居。隨著時間演進，除住屋形式的改變，人類逐漸學會用火、儲存食物、懂得耕種，種植玉米和豌豆等作物，開始發展農業並馴養動物及發展畜牧業等，這些人類在能力與行為上的改變，讓人類的家提供更穩定的生活環境與遮蔽空間。2017年英國愛丁堡大學針對全新世數種居家昆蟲的化石研究，發現牠們的生活與氣候變遷，及人類對環境的操控與改變如動植物的馴養、農業的擴展與傳染性疾病的傳播等息息相關。

Your House? My House?

Humans once lived in caves, where they co-existed with cave-dwelling organisms. Over time, humans learned how to use fire and store food. They began farming and domesticating animals and plants. Dwellings became stable living environments. In 2017, researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the UK published findings on synanthropic insect species fossils from the Holocene epoch. There are close relationships among the expansion of these insects, climate change and human manipulation of the environment, such as growing of crops and raising of animals, expansion of agriculture, and transmission of infectious diseases.。

史前時代以猛犸象骨骼搭建之房屋 (複製品) Prehistoric mammoth bone house (replica)